#B8AABD#B8AABD

#B8AABD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.031 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AABD
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 189)
HSL	hsl(284, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(284, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 8.54, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 11.62, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0227 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.031 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3258, 42.6142, 54.0772)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AABD #AFBDAA

analogous

#AEAABD #B8AABD #BDAAB8

triadic

#B8AABD #BDB8AA #AABDB8

tetradic

#B8AABD #BDAEAA #AFBDAA #AAB8BD

square

#B8AABD #BDAEAA #AFBDAA #AAB8BD

split-complementary

#B8AABD #B8BDAA #AABDAE

monochromatic

#7D6785 #9B88A2 #B8AABD #D5CCD8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8AABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B8AABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AABD

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AABD	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.031 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3d0',
    500: '#b8aabd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aabd;
$custom-light: #cdc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75575,
    "c": 0.03097,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AABD

secondary

#E0E4DF

accent

#974F62

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AABD

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

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