#B8A5BF#B8A5BF

#B8A5BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.042 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5BF
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(284, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(284, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 11.68, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 15.91, 317.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.031 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.042 317)
XYZ	xyz(42.6248, 40.8626, 54.9219)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5BF #ACBFA5

analogous

#ABA5BF #B8A5BF #BFA5B9

triadic

#B8A5BF #BFB8A5 #A5BFB8

tetradic

#B8A5BF #BFABA5 #ACBFA5 #A5B9BF

square

#B8A5BF #BFABA5 #ACBFA5 #A5B9BF

split-complementary

#B8A5BF #B9BFA5 #A5BFAB

monochromatic

#7E6189 #9C81A6 #B8A5BF #D4C9D8 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8A5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B8A5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5BF

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5BF	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.042 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfd2',
    500: '#b8a5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5bf;
$custom-light: #cdbfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.846,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74651,
    "c": 0.04237,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.40862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5BF

secondary

#DEE4DC

accent

#9B4A60

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5BF

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

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