#B8A4B8#B8A4B8

#B8A4B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.036 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4B8
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 184)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 10.88, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 13.28, 325.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.03 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.036 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6932, 40.2025, 50.9016)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4B8 #A4B8A4

analogous

#AEA4B8 #B8A4B8 #B8A4AE

triadic

#B8A4B8 #B8B8A4 #A4B8B8

tetradic

#B8A4B8 #B8AEA4 #A4B8A4 #A4AEB8

square

#B8A4B8 #B8AEA4 #A4B8A4 #A4AEB8

split-complementary

#B8A4B8 #AEB8A4 #A4B8AE

monochromatic

#7F637F #9D829D #B8A4B8 #D3C6D3 #EEE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8A4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B8A4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4B8

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4B8	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.036 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfcd',
    500: '#b8a4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4b8;
$custom-light: #cdbfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.346,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74219,
    "c": 0.03617,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4B8

secondary

#D9DFD9

accent

#964F4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4B8

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

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