#B8A5BA#B8A5BA

#B8A5BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.037 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5BA
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 186)
HSL	hsl(294, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(294, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 10.71, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 13.53, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0292 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.037 323)
XYZ	xyz(42.0840, 40.6463, 52.0734)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5BA #A7BAA5

analogous

#AEA5BA #B8A5BA #BAA5B2

triadic

#B8A5BA #BAB8A5 #A5BAB8

tetradic

#B8A5BA #BAAEA5 #A7BAA5 #A5B2BA

square

#B8A5BA #BAAEA5 #A7BAA5 #A5B2BA

split-complementary

#B8A5BA #B2BAA5 #A5BAAE

monochromatic

#7F6381 #9D829F #B8A5BA #D3C8D5 #EFEAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8A5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B8A5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5BA

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5BA	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)

#A3AABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.037 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfce',
    500: '#b8a5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5ba;
$custom-light: #cdbfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 13.208,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.03654,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.40646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5BA

secondary

#DBE1DA

accent

#974E55

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5BA

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

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