#B8A5BB#B8A5BB

#B8A5BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.038 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5BB
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(292, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(292, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 10.91, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 13.99, 321.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0295 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.038 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1906, 40.6889, 52.6352)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5BB #A8BBA5

analogous

#ADA5BB #B8A5BB #BBA5B3

triadic

#B8A5BB #BBB8A5 #A5BBB8

tetradic

#B8A5BB #BBADA5 #A8BBA5 #A5B3BB

square

#B8A5BB #BBADA5 #A8BBA5 #A5B3BB

split-complementary

#B8A5BB #B3BBA5 #A5BBAD

monochromatic

#7E6383 #9C82A1 #B8A5BB #D4C8D5 #EFEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B8A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5BB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5BB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.038 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfcf',
    500: '#b8a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5bb;
$custom-light: #cdbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.818,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.03766,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5BB

secondary

#DCE1DB

accent

#984D58

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5BB

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

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