#B8AABC#B8AABC

#B8AABC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.030 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AABC
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(287, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(287, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 8.35, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 11.14, 318.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0224 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.03 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2176, 42.5710, 53.5075)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AABC #AEBCAA

analogous

#AFAABC #B8AABC #BCAAB7

triadic

#B8AABC #BCB8AA #AABCB8

tetradic

#B8AABC #BCAFAA #AEBCAA #AAB7BC

square

#B8AABC #BCAFAA #AEBCAA #AAB7BC

split-complementary

#B8AABC #B7BCAA #AABCAF

monochromatic

#7E6884 #9B88A1 #B8AABC #D5CCD7 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#B8AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AABC

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AABC	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.030 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3d0',
    500: '#b8aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aabc;
$custom-light: #cdc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 11.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75542,
    "c": 0.02977,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AABC

secondary

#E0E3DE

accent

#96505F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AABC

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

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