#B8A4BF#B8A4BF

#B8A4BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.044 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4BF
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(284, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(284, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 12.24, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 16.57, 317.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0325 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.044 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4452, 40.5033, 54.8620)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4BF #ABBFA4

analogous

#ABA4BF #B8A4BF #BFA4B9

triadic

#B8A4BF #BFB8A4 #A4BFB8

tetradic

#B8A4BF #BFABA4 #ABBFA4 #A4B9BF

square

#B8A4BF #BFABA4 #ABBFA4 #A4B9BF

split-complementary

#B8A4BF #B9BFA4 #A4BFAB

monochromatic

#7E6089 #9C80A6 #B8A4BF #D4C8D8 #F0ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8A4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B8A4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4BF

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4BF	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.044 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfd2',
    500: '#b8a4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4bf;
$custom-light: #cdbfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74455,
    "c": 0.04417,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4BF

secondary

#DEE3DC

accent

#9C4A5F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4BF

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

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