#B8A3BD#B8A3BD

#B8A3BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.044 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A3BD
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 12.40, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 16.27, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0333 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.044 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0483, 40.0593, 53.6514)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A3BD #A8BDA3

analogous

#ABA3BD #B8A3BD #BDA3B5

triadic

#B8A3BD #BDB8A3 #A3BDB8

tetradic

#B8A3BD #BDABA3 #A8BDA3 #A3B5BD

square

#B8A3BD #BDABA3 #A8BDA3 #A3B5BD

split-complementary

#B8A3BD #B5BDA3 #A3BDAB

monochromatic

#7E6086 #9D7FA3 #B8A3BD #D4C7D7 #EFEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8A3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B8A3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A3BD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A3BD	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.044 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbed0',
    500: '#b8a3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a3bd;
$custom-light: #cdbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.462,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7419,
    "c": 0.04362,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A3BD

secondary

#DCE2DA

accent

#9B4B5A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A3BD

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

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