#B8AABE#B8AABE

#B8AABE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.032 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AABE
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(282, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(282, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 8.74, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 12.11, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0231 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.032 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4347, 42.6578, 54.6508)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AABE #B0BEAA

analogous

#AEAABE #B8AABE #BEAABA

triadic

#B8AABE #BEB8AA #AABEB8

tetradic

#B8AABE #BEAEAA #B0BEAA #AABABE

square

#B8AABE #BEAEAA #B0BEAA #AABABE

split-complementary

#B8AABE #BABEAA #AABEAE

monochromatic

#7D6787 #9B87A3 #B8AABE #D5CDD9 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B8AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AABE

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AABE	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.032 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3d1',
    500: '#b8aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aabe;
$custom-light: #cdc3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75608,
    "c": 0.03218,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AABE

secondary

#E1E5DF

accent

#974E64

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AABE

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

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