#B8AEBC#B8AEBC

#B8AEBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.023 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEBC
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(283, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(283, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 6.16, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 8.50, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0164 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.023 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9789, 44.0935, 53.7612)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEBC #B2BCAE

analogous

#B1AEBC #B8AEBC #BCAEB9

triadic

#B8AEBC #BCB8AE #AEBCB8

tetradic

#B8AEBC #BCB1AE #B2BCAE #AEB9BC

square

#B8AEBC #BCB1AE #B2BCAE #AEB9BC

split-complementary

#B8AEBC #B9BCAE #AEBCB1

monochromatic

#7D6C83 #9B8DA0 #B8AEBC #D5CFD8 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8AEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#B8AEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEBC

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEBC	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.023 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d0',
    500: '#b8aebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aebc;
$custom-light: #cdc6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76345,
    "c": 0.02259,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEBC

secondary

#E2E5E1

accent

#935265

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEBC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →