#B8A8BE#B8A8BE

#B8A8BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.036 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8BE
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(284, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(284, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 9.84, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 13.43, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% 0.0261 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.036 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0626, 41.9137, 54.5268)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8BE #AEBEA8

analogous

#ADA8BE #B8A8BE #BEA8B9

triadic

#B8A8BE #BEB8A8 #A8BEB8

tetradic

#B8A8BE #BEADA8 #AEBEA8 #A8B9BE

square

#B8A8BE #BEADA8 #AEBEA8 #A8B9BE

split-complementary

#B8A8BE #B9BEA8 #A8BEAD

monochromatic

#7E6587 #9B85A4 #B8A8BE #D5CBD8 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B8A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8BE

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8BE	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.036 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1d1',
    500: '#b8a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8be;
$custom-light: #cdc1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7521,
    "c": 0.03577,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8BE

secondary

#E0E4DE

accent

#994D62

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8BE

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

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