#B8A1BB#B8A1BB

#B8A1BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.045 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A1BB
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 187)
HSL	hsl(293, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(293, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 13.12, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 16.66, 321.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0356 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.045 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4804, 39.2685, 52.3985)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A1BB #A4BBA1

analogous

#ABA1BB #B8A1BB #BBA1B1

triadic

#B8A1BB #BBB8A1 #A1BBB8

tetradic

#B8A1BB #BBABA1 #A4BBA1 #A1B1BB

square

#B8A1BB #BBABA1 #A4BBA1 #A1B1BB

split-complementary

#B8A1BB #B1BBA1 #A1BBAB

monochromatic

#7F5F83 #9D7DA1 #B8A1BB #D3C5D5 #EEE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8A1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B8A1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A1BB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A1BB	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.045 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbccf',
    500: '#b8a1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a1bb;
$custom-light: #cdbccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7373,
    "c": 0.04497,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A1BB

secondary

#D9E0D8

accent

#9A4B54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A1BB

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

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