#B8A2BD#B8A2BD

#B8A2BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.045 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2BD
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(289, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(289, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 12.95, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 16.94, 319.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0348 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.045 320)
XYZ	xyz(41.8715, 39.7056, 53.5924)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2BD #A7BDA2

analogous

#ABA2BD #B8A2BD #BDA2B5

triadic

#B8A2BD #BDB8A2 #A2BDB8

tetradic

#B8A2BD #BDABA2 #A7BDA2 #A2B5BD

square

#B8A2BD #BDABA2 #A7BDA2 #A2B5BD

split-complementary

#B8A2BD #B5BDA2 #A2BDAB

monochromatic

#7F5F86 #9D7EA4 #B8A2BD #D3C6D6 #EFEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B8A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2BD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2BD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.045 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbdd0',
    500: '#b8a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2bd;
$custom-light: #cdbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73994,
    "c": 0.04544,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.39705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2BD

secondary

#DBE1D9

accent

#9B4A59

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2BD

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

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