#B8A5BC#B8A5BC

#B8A5BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.039 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5BC
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(290, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(290, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 11.10, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 14.46, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0299 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.039 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2981, 40.7319, 53.2010)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5BC #A9BCA5

analogous

#ADA5BC #B8A5BC #BCA5B5

triadic

#B8A5BC #BCB8A5 #A5BCB8

tetradic

#B8A5BC #BCADA5 #A9BCA5 #A5B5BC

square

#B8A5BC #BCADA5 #A9BCA5 #A5B5BC

split-complementary

#B8A5BC #B5BCA5 #A5BCAD

monochromatic

#7E6284 #9C82A2 #B8A5BC #D4C8D6 #EFEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B8A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5BC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5BC	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.039 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfd0',
    500: '#b8a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5bc;
$custom-light: #cdbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.565,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7455,
    "c": 0.03883,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5BC

secondary

#DCE2DB

accent

#994D5A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5BC

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

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