#B8A1BC#B8A1BC

#B8A1BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.046 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A1BC
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(291, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 13.31, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 17.13, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.036 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.046 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5878, 39.3115, 52.9642)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A1BC #A5BCA1

analogous

#AAA1BC #B8A1BC #BCA1B2

triadic

#B8A1BC #BCB8A1 #A1BCB8

tetradic

#B8A1BC #BCAAA1 #A5BCA1 #A1B2BC

square

#B8A1BC #BCAAA1 #A5BCA1 #A1B2BC

split-complementary

#B8A1BC #B2BCA1 #A1BCAA

monochromatic

#7F5E84 #9D7DA3 #B8A1BC #D3C5D5 #EEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B8A1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B8A1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A1BC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A1BC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.046 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcd0',
    500: '#b8a1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a1bc;
$custom-light: #cdbcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.111,
    "s": 16.77,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73764,
    "c": 0.0461,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A1BC

secondary

#DAE0D8

accent

#9B4A56

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A1BC

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

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