#B8A4BD#B8A4BD

#B8A4BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.042 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4BD
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, 11.85, -10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 15.60, 319.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0318 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.042 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2266, 40.4158, 53.7108)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4BD #A9BDA4

analogous

#ACA4BD #B8A4BD #BDA4B6

triadic

#B8A4BD #BDB8A4 #A4BDB8

tetradic

#B8A4BD #BDACA4 #A9BDA4 #A4B6BD

square

#B8A4BD #BDACA4 #A9BDA4 #A4B6BD

split-complementary

#B8A4BD #B6BDA4 #A4BDAC

monochromatic

#7E6186 #9C81A3 #B8A4BD #D4C7D7 #EFEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8A4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B8A4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4BD

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4BD	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.042 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfd0',
    500: '#b8a4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4bd;
$custom-light: #cdbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74386,
    "c": 0.0418,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4BD

secondary

#DCE2DB

accent

#9A4B5B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4BD

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

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