#B8A0BE#B8A0BE

#B8A0BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.050 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0BE
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(288, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 14.26, -12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 18.75, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.0382 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.05 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6309, 39.0502, 54.0495)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0BE #A6BEA0

analogous

#A9A0BE #B8A0BE #BEA0B5

triadic

#B8A0BE #BEB8A0 #A0BEB8

tetradic

#B8A0BE #BEA9A0 #A6BEA0 #A0B5BE

square

#B8A0BE #BEA9A0 #A6BEA0 #A0B5BE

split-complementary

#B8A0BE #B5BEA0 #A0BEA9

monochromatic

#7F5C87 #9D7CA5 #B8A0BE #D3C4D7 #EEE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B8A0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0BE

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0BE	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.050 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcd1',
    500: '#b8a0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0be;
$custom-light: #cdbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73639,
    "c": 0.05024,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0BE

secondary

#DAE1D8

accent

#9D4859

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0BE

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

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