#B8A4BE#B8A4BE

#B8A4BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.043 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4BE
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(286, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(286, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 12.04, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 16.08, 318.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0321 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.043 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3355, 40.4594, 54.2844)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4BE #AABEA4

analogous

#ABA4BE #B8A4BE #BEA4B7

triadic

#B8A4BE #BEB8A4 #A4BEB8

tetradic

#B8A4BE #BEABA4 #AABEA4 #A4B7BE

square

#B8A4BE #BEABA4 #AABEA4 #A4B7BE

split-complementary

#B8A4BE #B7BEA4 #A4BEAB

monochromatic

#7E6187 #9C80A5 #B8A4BE #D4C8D8 #F0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B8A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4BE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4BE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.043 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfd1',
    500: '#b8a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4be;
$custom-light: #cdbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7442,
    "c": 0.04299,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4BE

secondary

#DDE3DB

accent

#9B4B5D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4BE

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

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