#B8A3BE#B8A3BE

#B8A3BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.045 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A3BE
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(287, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 12.59, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 16.75, 318.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0336 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.045 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1572, 40.1029, 54.2250)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A3BE #A9BEA3

analogous

#ABA3BE #B8A3BE #BEA3B7

triadic

#B8A3BE #BEB8A3 #A3BEB8

tetradic

#B8A3BE #BEABA3 #A9BEA3 #A3B7BE

square

#B8A3BE #BEABA3 #A9BEA3 #A3B7BE

split-complementary

#B8A3BE #B7BEA3 #A3BEAB

monochromatic

#7E5F87 #9C7FA5 #B8A3BE #D4C7D7 #EFEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8A3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B8A3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A3BE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A3BE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.045 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbed1',
    500: '#b8a3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a3be;
$custom-light: #cdbed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74224,
    "c": 0.0448,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A3BE

secondary

#DCE2DA

accent

#9B4A5C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A3BE

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

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