#B8A1BF#B8A1BF

#B8A1BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.050 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A1BF
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(286, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(286, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 13.90, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 18.56, 318.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.037 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.05 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9146, 39.4422, 54.6851)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A1BF #A8BFA1

analogous

#A9A1BF #B8A1BF #BFA1B7

triadic

#B8A1BF #BFB8A1 #A1BFB8

tetradic

#B8A1BF #BFA9A1 #A8BFA1 #A1B7BF

square

#B8A1BF #BFA9A1 #A8BFA1 #A1B7BF

split-complementary

#B8A1BF #B7BFA1 #A1BFA9

monochromatic

#7E5D89 #9C7DA6 #B8A1BF #D4C5D8 #EFEAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8A1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B8A1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A1BF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A1BF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.050 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcd2',
    500: '#b8a1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a1bf;
$custom-light: #cdbcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73868,
    "c": 0.04961,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A1BF

secondary

#DCE2DA

accent

#9D485C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A1BF

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

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