#B8A2B6#B8A2B6

#B8A2B6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.038 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2B6
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 182)
HSL	hsl(305, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(305, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 11.61, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 13.74, 327.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0323 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.038 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1299, 39.4090, 49.6869)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2B6 #A2B8A4

analogous

#AFA2B8 #B8A2B6 #B8A2AB

triadic

#B8A2B6 #B6B8A2 #A2B6B8

tetradic

#B8A2B6 #B8AFA2 #A2B8A4 #A2ABB8

square

#B8A2B6 #B8AFA2 #A2B8A4 #A2ABB8

split-complementary

#B8A2B6 #ABB8A2 #A2B8AF

monochromatic

#7F617C #9E7F9B #B8A2B6 #D2C5D1 #EDE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8A2B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B8A2B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2B6

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2B6	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.038 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbdcb',
    500: '#b8a2b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2b6;
$custom-light: #cdbdcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73758,
    "c": 0.03772,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2B6

secondary

#D8DED8

accent

#98554E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2B6

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

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