#B8A8BD#B8A8BD

#B8A8BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.035 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8BD
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(286, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(286, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 9.64, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 12.95, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0257 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.035 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9537, 41.8701, 53.9531)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8BD #ADBDA8

analogous

#AEA8BD #B8A8BD #BDA8B7

triadic

#B8A8BD #BDB8A8 #A8BDB8

tetradic

#B8A8BD #BDAEA8 #ADBDA8 #A8B7BD

square

#B8A8BD #BDAEA8 #ADBDA8 #A8B7BD

split-complementary

#B8A8BD #B7BDA8 #A8BDAE

monochromatic

#7E6585 #9C85A3 #B8A8BD #D4CBD7 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B8A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8BD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8BD	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.035 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1d0',
    500: '#b8a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8bd;
$custom-light: #cdc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75177,
    "c": 0.03456,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8BD

secondary

#DFE3DD

accent

#984E5F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8BD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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