#B8AEBB#B8AEBB

#B8AEBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.021 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEBB
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 187)
HSL	hsl(286, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 5.97, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 8.01, 318.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.016 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.021 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8714, 44.0505, 53.1955)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEBB #B1BBAE

analogous

#B1AEBB #B8AEBB #BBAEB7

triadic

#B8AEBB #BBB8AE #AEBBB8

tetradic

#B8AEBB #BBB1AE #B1BBAE #AEB7BB

square

#B8AEBB #BBB1AE #B1BBAE #AEB7BB

split-complementary

#B8AEBB #B7BBAE #AEBBB1

monochromatic

#7D6D82 #9B8D9F #B8AEBB #D5CFD7 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8AEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#B8AEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEBB

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEBB	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.021 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6cf',
    500: '#b8aebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aebb;
$custom-light: #cdc6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76313,
    "c": 0.02139,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEBB

secondary

#E1E4E1

accent

#935362

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEBB

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

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