#B8A4BA#B8A4BA

#B8A4BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.038 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4BA
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 186)
HSL	hsl(295, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(295, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 11.27, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 14.19, 322.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0307 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.038 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9043, 40.2869, 52.0135)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4BA #A6BAA4

analogous

#ADA4BA #B8A4BA #BAA4B1

triadic

#B8A4BA #BAB8A4 #A4BAB8

tetradic

#B8A4BA #BAADA4 #A6BAA4 #A4B1BA

square

#B8A4BA #BAADA4 #A6BAA4 #A4B1BA

split-complementary

#B8A4BA #B1BAA4 #A4BAAD

monochromatic

#7F6281 #9D81A0 #B8A4BA #D3C7D4 #EEEAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8A4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B8A4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4BA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4BA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.038 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfce',
    500: '#b8a4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4ba;
$custom-light: #cdbfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 13.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74285,
    "c": 0.03836,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4BA

secondary

#DAE0DA

accent

#984E54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4BA

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

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