#B8A8BF#B8A8BF

#B8A8BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.037 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8BF
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(282, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 10.03, -9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 13.92, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0265 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.037 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1723, 41.9575, 55.1044)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8BF #AFBFA8

analogous

#ACA8BF #B8A8BF #BFA8BA

triadic

#B8A8BF #BFB8A8 #A8BFB8

tetradic

#B8A8BF #BFACA8 #AFBFA8 #A8BABF

square

#B8A8BF #BFACA8 #AFBFA8 #A8BABF

split-complementary

#B8A8BF #BABFA8 #A8BFAC

monochromatic

#7D6488 #9B85A5 #B8A8BF #D5CBD9 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8A8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#B8A8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8BF

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8BF	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.037 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1d2',
    500: '#b8a8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8bf;
$custom-light: #cdc1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75244,
    "c": 0.03698,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8BF

secondary

#E0E5DE

accent

#994C64

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8BF

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

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