#B8AAB7#B8AAB7

#B8AAB7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.024 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAB7
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 183)
HSL	hsl(304, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(304, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 0.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 7.40, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 8.84, 326.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0205 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.024 328)
XYZ	xyz(42.6879, 42.3591, 50.7179)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAB7 #AAB8AB

analogous

#B2AAB8 #B8AAB7 #B8AAB0

triadic

#B8AAB7 #B7B8AA #AAB7B8

tetradic

#B8AAB7 #B8B2AA #AAB8AB #AAB0B8

square

#B8AAB7 #B8B2AA #AAB8AB #AAB0B8

split-complementary

#B8AAB7 #B0B8AA #AAB8B2

monochromatic

#7E697D #9C899B #B8AAB7 #D4CBD3 #F0EDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8AAB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B8AAB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAB7

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAB7	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.024 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3cc',
    500: '#b8aab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aab7;
$custom-light: #cdc3cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 8.974,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75381,
    "c": 0.02416,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.42359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAB7

secondary

#DDE1DD

accent

#935753

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAB7

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

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