#B8A4C2#B8A4C2

#B8A4C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.048 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4C2
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 194)
HSL	hsl(280, 20%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 15%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 12.83, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 18.05, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0335 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.048 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7787, 40.6367, 56.6185)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4C2 #AEC2A4

analogous

#A9A4C2 #B8A4C2 #C2A4BD

triadic

#B8A4C2 #C2B8A4 #A4C2B8

tetradic

#B8A4C2 #C2A9A4 #AEC2A4 #A4BDC2

square

#B8A4C2 #C2A9A4 #AEC2A4 #A4BDC2

split-complementary

#B8A4C2 #BDC2A4 #A4C2A9

monochromatic

#7E5F8D #9B7FA9 #B8A4C2 #D5C9DB #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8A4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B8A4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4C2

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4C2	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AAC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.048 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfd4',
    500: '#b8a4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4c2;
$custom-light: #cdbfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 19.737,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74559,
    "c": 0.04784,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4C2

secondary

#E0E5DD

accent

#9E4764

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4C2

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

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