#B8AFBC#B8AFBC

#B8AFBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.021 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AFBC
RGB	rgb(184, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(282, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(282, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, 5.62, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 7.84, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.0149 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.021 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1728, 44.4813, 53.8259)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AFBC #B3BCAF

analogous

#B1AFBC #B8AFBC #BCAFB9

triadic

#B8AFBC #BCB8AF #AFBCB8

tetradic

#B8AFBC #BCB1AF #B3BCAF #AFB9BC

square

#B8AFBC #BCB1AF #B3BCAF #AFB9BC

split-complementary

#B8AFBC #B9BCAF #AFBCB1

monochromatic

#7C6E83 #9A8EA0 #B8AFBC #D6D0D8 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B8AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AFBC

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AFBC	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.021 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d0',
    500: '#b8afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8afbc;
$custom-light: #cdc6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76547,
    "c": 0.02081,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AFBC

secondary

#E3E5E2

accent

#935366

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AFBC

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

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