#B8A0BF#B8A0BF

#B8A0BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.051 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0BF
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(286, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(286, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 14.45, -12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 19.23, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0385 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.051 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7405, 39.0941, 54.6271)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0BF #A7BFA0

analogous

#A9A0BF #B8A0BF #BFA0B7

triadic

#B8A0BF #BFB8A0 #A0BFB8

tetradic

#B8A0BF #BFA9A0 #A7BFA0 #A0B7BF

square

#B8A0BF #BFA9A0 #A7BFA0 #A0B7BF

split-complementary

#B8A0BF #B7BFA0 #A0BFA9

monochromatic

#7F5C89 #9D7BA6 #B8A0BF #D3C5D8 #EFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B8A0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B8A0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0BF

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0BF	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.051 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcd2',
    500: '#b8a0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0bf;
$custom-light: #cdbcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73674,
    "c": 0.05142,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0BF

secondary

#DBE2D9

accent

#9E485B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0BF

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

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