#B8ABBD#B8ABBD

#B8ABBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.029 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ABBD
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(283, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(283, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 8.00, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 10.96, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.0212 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.029 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5139, 42.9906, 54.1399)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ABBD #B0BDAB

analogous

#AFABBD #B8ABBD #BDABB9

triadic

#B8ABBD #BDB8AB #ABBDB8

tetradic

#B8ABBD #BDAFAB #B0BDAB #ABB9BD

square

#B8ABBD #BDAFAB #B0BDAB #ABB9BD

split-complementary

#B8ABBD #B9BDAB #ABBDAF

monochromatic

#7D6985 #9B89A2 #B8ABBD #D5CDD8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B8ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ABBD

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ABBD	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.029 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc4d0',
    500: '#b8abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8abbd;
$custom-light: #cdc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75775,
    "c": 0.02917,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ABBD

secondary

#E1E4DF

accent

#964F63

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ABBD

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

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