#B8A0BB#B8A0BB

#B8A0BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.047 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0BB
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(293, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(293, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 13.67, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 17.33, 322.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0371 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.047 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3064, 38.9204, 52.3404)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0BB #A3BBA0

analogous

#AAA0BB #B8A0BB #BBA0B0

triadic

#B8A0BB #BBB8A0 #A0BBB8

tetradic

#B8A0BB #BBAAA0 #A3BBA0 #A0B0BB

square

#B8A0BB #BBAAA0 #A3BBA0 #A0B0BB

split-complementary

#B8A0BB #B0BBA0 #A0BBAA

monochromatic

#7F5E83 #9D7CA1 #B8A0BB #D3C4D5 #EDE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B8A0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0BB

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0BB	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)

#9EA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.047 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbccf',
    500: '#b8a0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0bb;
$custom-light: #cdbccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 16.564,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73535,
    "c": 0.04679,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0BB

secondary

#D8E0D7

accent

#9B4B54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0BB

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

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