#B8A7BC#B8A7BC

#B8A7BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.035 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A7BC
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 188)
HSL	hsl(289, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(289, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 10.00, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 13.13, 319.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0269 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.035 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6616, 41.4590, 53.3221)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A7BC #ABBCA7

analogous

#AEA7BC #B8A7BC #BCA7B6

triadic

#B8A7BC #BCB8A7 #A7BCB8

tetradic

#B8A7BC #BCAEA7 #ABBCA7 #A7B6BC

square

#B8A7BC #BCAEA7 #ABBCA7 #A7B6BC

split-complementary

#B8A7BC #B6BCA7 #A7BCAE

monochromatic

#7E6584 #9C84A2 #B8A7BC #D4CAD6 #F0ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8A7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#B8A7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A7BC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A7BC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.035 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1d0',
    500: '#b8a7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a7bc;
$custom-light: #cdc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 13.548,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74945,
    "c": 0.0352,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A7BC

secondary

#DEE2DC

accent

#984E5C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A7BC

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

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