#B8AEBD#B8AEBD

#B8AEBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.024 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEBD
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(280, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, 6.36, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 8.99, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0167 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.024 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0870, 44.1368, 54.3309)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEBD #B3BDAE

analogous

#B0AEBD #B8AEBD #BDAEBA

triadic

#B8AEBD #BDB8AE #AEBDB8

tetradic

#B8AEBD #BDB0AE #B3BDAE #AEBABD

square

#B8AEBD #BDB0AE #B3BDAE #AEBABD

split-complementary

#B8AEBD #BABDAE #AEBDB0

monochromatic

#7C6C85 #9A8CA2 #B8AEBD #D6D0D8 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#B8AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEBD

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEBD	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.024 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d0',
    500: '#b8aebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aebd;
$custom-light: #cdc6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76377,
    "c": 0.02381,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEBD

secondary

#E3E5E1

accent

#945168

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEBD

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

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