#B8AABA#B8AABA

#B8AABA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.027 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AABA
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(293, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(293, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, 7.97, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 10.19, 321.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0216 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.027 322)
XYZ	xyz(43.0035, 42.4853, 52.3799)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AABA #ACBAAA

analogous

#B0AABA #B8AABA #BAAAB4

triadic

#B8AABA #BAB8AA #AABAB8

tetradic

#B8AABA #BAB0AA #ACBAAA #AAB4BA

square

#B8AABA #BAB0AA #ACBAAA #AAB4BA

split-complementary

#B8AABA #B4BAAA #AABAB0

monochromatic

#7E6981 #9C889F #B8AABA #D4CCD5 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B8AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AABA

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AABA	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.027 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3ce',
    500: '#b8aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aaba;
$custom-light: #cdc3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 10.39,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75477,
    "c": 0.02745,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.42485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AABA

secondary

#DEE2DE

accent

#945159

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AABA

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

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