#B8AEBA#B8AEBA

#B8AEBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.020 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEBA
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 186)
HSL	hsl(290, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(290, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 5.78, -4.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 7.54, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0156 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.02 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7648, 44.0079, 52.6336)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEBA #B0BAAE

analogous

#B2AEBA #B8AEBA #BAAEB6

triadic

#B8AEBA #BAB8AE #AEBAB8

tetradic

#B8AEBA #BAB2AE #B0BAAE #AEB6BA

square

#B8AEBA #BAB2AE #B0BAAE #AEB6BA

split-complementary

#B8AEBA #B6BAAE #AEBAB2

monochromatic

#7D6D80 #9B8D9E #B8AEBA #D5CFD6 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8AEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B8AEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEBA

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEBA	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.020 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6ce',
    500: '#b8aeba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aeba;
$custom-light: #cdc6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76281,
    "c": 0.02021,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEBA

secondary

#E1E4E0

accent

#92545E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEBA

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

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