#B8A2BC#B8A2BC

#B8A2BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.044 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2BC
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(291, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 12.76, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 16.46, 320.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0344 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.044 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7633, 39.6624, 53.0227)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2BC #A6BCA2

analogous

#ABA2BC #B8A2BC #BCA2B3

triadic

#B8A2BC #BCB8A2 #A2BCB8

tetradic

#B8A2BC #BCABA2 #A6BCA2 #A2B3BC

square

#B8A2BC #BCABA2 #A6BCA2 #A2B3BC

split-complementary

#B8A2BC #B3BCA2 #A2BCAB

monochromatic

#7F5F84 #9D7EA2 #B8A2BC #D3C6D6 #EEE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B8A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2BC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2BC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.044 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbdd0',
    500: '#b8a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2bc;
$custom-light: #cdbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7396,
    "c": 0.04428,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2BC

secondary

#DAE1D9

accent

#9A4B57

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2BC

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

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