#B8ACBE#B8ACBE

#B8ACBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.029 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ACBE
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 190)
HSL	hsl(280, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 7.64, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 10.80, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.0201 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.029 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8125, 43.4133, 54.7767)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ACBE #B2BEAC

analogous

#AFACBE #B8ACBE #BEACBB

triadic

#B8ACBE #BEB8AC #ACBEB8

tetradic

#B8ACBE #BEAFAC #B2BEAC #ACBBBE

square

#B8ACBE #BEAFAC #B2BEAC #ACBBBE

split-complementary

#B8ACBE #BBBEAC #ACBEAF

monochromatic

#7D6986 #9B8AA3 #B8ACBE #D5CED9 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8ACBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B8ACBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ACBE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ACBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ACBE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8acbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.029 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc4d1',
    500: '#b8acbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8acbe;
$custom-light: #cdc4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8acbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 12.162,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76008,
    "c": 0.0286,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ACBE

secondary

#E2E5E1

accent

#964F67

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ACBE

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

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