#B8A0BD#B8A0BD

#B8A0BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.049 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0BD
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(290, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(290, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 14.06, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 18.27, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0378 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.049 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5220, 39.0066, 53.4759)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0BD #A5BDA0

analogous

#A9A0BD #B8A0BD #BDA0B3

triadic

#B8A0BD #BDB8A0 #A0BDB8

tetradic

#B8A0BD #BDA9A0 #A5BDA0 #A0B3BD

square

#B8A0BD #BDA9A0 #A5BDA0 #A0B3BD

split-complementary

#B8A0BD #B3BDA0 #A0BDA9

monochromatic

#7F5D86 #9D7CA4 #B8A0BD #D3C4D6 #EEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B8A0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B8A0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0BD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0BD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.049 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcd0',
    500: '#b8a0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0bd;
$custom-light: #cdbcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73604,
    "c": 0.04909,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0BD

secondary

#DAE1D8

accent

#9C4958

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0BD

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

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