#B8A5BD#B8A5BD

#B8A5BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.040 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5BD
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 11.29, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 14.94, 319.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0303 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.04 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4062, 40.7752, 53.7707)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5BD #AABDA5

analogous

#ACA5BD #B8A5BD #BDA5B6

triadic

#B8A5BD #BDB8A5 #A5BDB8

tetradic

#B8A5BD #BDACA5 #AABDA5 #A5B6BD

square

#B8A5BD #BDACA5 #AABDA5 #A5B6BD

split-complementary

#B8A5BD #B6BDA5 #A5BDAC

monochromatic

#7E6286 #9C82A3 #B8A5BD #D4C8D7 #F0ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8A5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B8A5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5BD

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5BD	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.040 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfd0',
    500: '#b8a5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5bd;
$custom-light: #cdbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74583,
    "c": 0.03999,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5BD

secondary

#DDE2DB

accent

#9A4C5C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5BD

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

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