#B8A3BF#B8A3BF

#B8A3BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.046 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A3BF
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(285, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 12.79, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 17.23, 317.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.034 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.046 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2669, 40.1468, 54.8026)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A3BF #AABFA3

analogous

#AAA3BF #B8A3BF #BFA3B8

triadic

#B8A3BF #BFB8A3 #A3BFB8

tetradic

#B8A3BF #BFAAA3 #AABFA3 #A3B8BF

square

#B8A3BF #BFAAA3 #AABFA3 #A3B8BF

split-complementary

#B8A3BF #B8BFA3 #A3BFAA

monochromatic

#7E5F89 #9C7FA6 #B8A3BF #D4C7D8 #F0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8A3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B8A3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A3BF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A3BF	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.046 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbed2',
    500: '#b8a3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a3bf;
$custom-light: #cdbed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74259,
    "c": 0.04598,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A3BF

secondary

#DDE3DB

accent

#9C495E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A3BF

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

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