#B8A9BB#B8A9BB

#B8A9BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.030 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A9BB
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(290, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(290, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 8.71, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 11.33, 320.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.0235 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.03 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9234, 42.1545, 52.8795)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A9BB #ACBBA9

analogous

#AFA9BB #B8A9BB #BBA9B5

triadic

#B8A9BB #BBB8A9 #A9BBB8

tetradic

#B8A9BB #BBAFA9 #ACBBA9 #A9B5BB

square

#B8A9BB #BBAFA9 #ACBBA9 #A9B5BB

split-complementary

#B8A9BB #B5BBA9 #A9BBAF

monochromatic

#7E6782 #9C87A0 #B8A9BB #D4CBD6 #F0EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B8A9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B8A9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A9BB

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A9BB	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.030 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc2cf',
    500: '#b8a9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a9bb;
$custom-light: #cdc2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7531,
    "c": 0.0304,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A9BB

secondary

#DEE2DD

accent

#96505B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A9BB

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

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