#B8A2BA#B8A2BA

#B8A2BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.042 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2BA
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 186)
HSL	hsl(295, 15%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(295, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 12.37, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 15.53, 322.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0337 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.042 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5492, 39.5767, 51.8951)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2BA #A4BAA2

analogous

#ACA2BA #B8A2BA #BAA2B0

triadic

#B8A2BA #BAB8A2 #A2BAB8

tetradic

#B8A2BA #BAACA2 #A4BAA2 #A2B0BA

square

#B8A2BA #BAACA2 #A4BAA2 #A2B0BA

split-complementary

#B8A2BA #B0BAA2 #A2BAAC

monochromatic

#7F6082 #9D7FA0 #B8A2BA #D3C5D4 #EEE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B8A2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B8A2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2BA

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2BA	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.042 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbdce',
    500: '#b8a2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2ba;
$custom-light: #cdbdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 14.815,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73892,
    "c": 0.04202,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2BA

secondary

#D9E0D8

accent

#994C53

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2BA

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