#B8A0B8#B8A0B8

#B8A0B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.043 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0B8
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 184)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 13.10, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 15.96, 325.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0361 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.043 326)
XYZ	xyz(40.9886, 38.7933, 50.6667)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0B8 #A0B8A0

analogous

#ACA0B8 #B8A0B8 #B8A0AC

triadic

#B8A0B8 #B8B8A0 #A0B8B8

tetradic

#B8A0B8 #B8ACA0 #A0B8A0 #A0ACB8

square

#B8A0B8 #B8ACA0 #A0B8A0 #A0ACB8

split-complementary

#B8A0B8 #ACB8A0 #A0B8AC

monochromatic

#7F5F7F #9E7D9E #B8A0B8 #D2C3D2 #ECE6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B8A0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B8A0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0B8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0B8	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.043 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbccd',
    500: '#b8a0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0b8;
$custom-light: #cdbccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.04349,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.38793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0B8

secondary

#D6DED6

accent

#994D4D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0B8

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

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