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#b8a8bb color: Velour

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291°
100%

OKLCH

75.1%
0.032
321°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 27%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.24:1 · Below AALc -49
Black text9.36:1 · AALc 60

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About #b8a8bb

#b8a8bb is a dusty light magenta color. In OKLCH it has 75.1% lightness, 0.032 chroma and a hue of 321°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.24:1 contrast and black text 9.36:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Velour (#baa7bf). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-400.

More light magenta colors

Lighter: #b8a8bb mixed with white

  1. b8a8bb
  2. bfb0c2
  3. c6b9c8
  4. cdc1cf
  5. d4cad6
  6. dbd3dd
  7. e2dbe3
  8. e9e4ea
  9. f1edf1
  10. f8f6f8

Darker: #b8a8bb mixed with black

  1. b8a8bb
  2. a092a2
  3. 887c8a
  4. 716773
  5. 5b525c
  6. 453f46
  7. 312c32
  8. 1e1a1f
  9. 0c0a0d
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b8a8bb with less saturation

  1. b8a8bb
  2. b7a9ba
  3. b6a9b8
  4. b5aab7
  5. b4aab6
  6. b3abb5
  7. b2acb3
  8. b1acb2
  9. b0adb1
  10. afaeaf