#B8A4BC#B8A4BC

#B8A4BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.041 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4BC
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(290, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(290, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 11.65, -9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 15.13, 320.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0314 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.041 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1184, 40.3726, 53.1411)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4BC #A8BCA4

analogous

#ACA4BC #B8A4BC #BCA4B4

triadic

#B8A4BC #BCB8A4 #A4BCB8

tetradic

#B8A4BC #BCACA4 #A8BCA4 #A4B4BC

square

#B8A4BC #BCACA4 #A8BCA4 #A4B4BC

split-complementary

#B8A4BC #B4BCA4 #A4BCAC

monochromatic

#7E6184 #9C81A2 #B8A4BC #D4C7D6 #EFEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B8A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4BC

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4BC	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.041 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfd0',
    500: '#b8a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4bc;
$custom-light: #cdbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74352,
    "c": 0.04064,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4BC

secondary

#DCE1DA

accent

#994C59

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4BC

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

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