#B8A3BC#B8A3BC

#B8A3BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.042 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A3BC
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(290, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(290, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 12.20, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 15.79, 320.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0329 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.042 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9401, 40.0161, 53.0817)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A3BC #A7BCA3

analogous

#ACA3BC #B8A3BC #BCA3B4

triadic

#B8A3BC #BCB8A3 #A3BCB8

tetradic

#B8A3BC #BCACA3 #A7BCA3 #A3B4BC

square

#B8A3BC #BCACA3 #A7BCA3 #A3B4BC

split-complementary

#B8A3BC #B4BCA3 #A3BCAC

monochromatic

#7F6084 #9D80A2 #B8A3BC #D3C6D6 #EFEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8A3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B8A3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A3BC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A3BC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.042 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbed0',
    500: '#b8a3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a3bc;
$custom-light: #cdbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.4,
    "s": 15.723,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74156,
    "c": 0.04246,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A3BC

secondary

#DBE1DA

accent

#9A4C58

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A3BC

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

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