#B8A2BE#B8A2BE

#B8A2BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.047 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2BE
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(287, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 13.15, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 17.41, 319.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0352 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.047 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9804, 39.7492, 54.1660)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2BE #A8BEA2

analogous

#AAA2BE #B8A2BE #BEA2B6

triadic

#B8A2BE #BEB8A2 #A2BEB8

tetradic

#B8A2BE #BEAAA2 #A8BEA2 #A2B6BE

square

#B8A2BE #BEAAA2 #A8BEA2 #A2B6BE

split-complementary

#B8A2BE #B6BEA2 #A2BEAA

monochromatic

#7E5E87 #9D7EA5 #B8A2BE #D4C6D7 #EFEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B8A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2BE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2BE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.047 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbdd1',
    500: '#b8a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2be;
$custom-light: #cdbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 17.722,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74028,
    "c": 0.04661,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2BE

secondary

#DCE2DA

accent

#9C495B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2BE

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

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