#B2A4B8#B2A4B8

#B2A4B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.032 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A4B8
RGB	rgb(178, 164, 184)
HSL	hsl(282, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 8.79, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 12.19, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0232 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.032 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2859, 39.4769, 50.8356)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A4B8 #AAB8A4

analogous

#A8A4B8 #B2A4B8 #B8A4B4

triadic

#B2A4B8 #B8B2A4 #A4B8B2

tetradic

#B2A4B8 #B8A8A4 #AAB8A4 #A4B4B8

square

#B2A4B8 #B8A8A4 #AAB8A4 #A4B4B8

split-complementary

#B2A4B8 #B4B8A4 #A4B8A8

monochromatic

#76637F #95829D #B2A4B8 #CFC6D3 #ECE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B2A4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B2A4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A4B8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A4B8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A8B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 164, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.032 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bfcd',
    500: '#b2a4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a4b8;
$custom-light: #c9bfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 12.346,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.03238,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A4B8

secondary

#DBDFD9

accent

#964F64

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A4B8

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

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