#B8A0BA#B8A0BA

#B8A0BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.046 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0BA
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(295, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(295, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 13.48, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 16.87, 323.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0368 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.046 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1997, 38.8777, 51.7786)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0BA #A2BAA0

analogous

#ABA0BA #B8A0BA #BAA0AF

triadic

#B8A0BA #BAB8A0 #A0BAB8

tetradic

#B8A0BA #BAABA0 #A2BAA0 #A0AFBA

square

#B8A0BA #BAABA0 #A2BAA0 #A0AFBA

split-complementary

#B8A0BA #AFBAA0 #A0BAAB

monochromatic

#7F5E82 #9E7DA0 #B8A0BA #D2C3D4 #EDE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B8A0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0BA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0BA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.046 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcce',
    500: '#b8a0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0ba;
$custom-light: #cdbcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.735,
    "c": 0.04568,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0BA

secondary

#D8DFD7

accent

#9A4B51

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0BA

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

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