#B8A0BC#B8A0BC

#B8A0BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.048 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0BC
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(291, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 13.87, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 17.80, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0375 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.048 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4138, 38.9634, 52.9062)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0BC #A4BCA0

analogous

#AAA0BC #B8A0BC #BCA0B2

triadic

#B8A0BC #BCB8A0 #A0BCB8

tetradic

#B8A0BC #BCAAA0 #A4BCA0 #A0B2BC

square

#B8A0BC #BCAAA0 #A4BCA0 #A0B2BC

split-complementary

#B8A0BC #B2BCA0 #A0BCAA

monochromatic

#7F5D84 #9D7CA3 #B8A0BC #D3C4D5 #EEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B8A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0BC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0BC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.048 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcd0',
    500: '#b8a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0bc;
$custom-light: #cdbcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73569,
    "c": 0.04793,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0BC

secondary

#D9E0D8

accent

#9C4A56

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0BC

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

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