#B8A7BD#B8A7BD

#B8A7BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.036 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A7BD
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 189)
HSL	hsl(286, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(286, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 10.19, -9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 13.61, 318.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% 0.0272 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.036 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7698, 41.5023, 53.8918)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A7BD #ACBDA7

analogous

#ADA7BD #B8A7BD #BDA7B7

triadic

#B8A7BD #BDB8A7 #A7BDB8

tetradic

#B8A7BD #BDADA7 #ACBDA7 #A7B7BD

square

#B8A7BD #BDADA7 #ACBDA7 #A7B7BD

split-complementary

#B8A7BD #B7BDA7 #A7BDAD

monochromatic

#7E6485 #9C84A3 #B8A7BD #D4CAD7 #F0EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8A7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#B8A7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A7BD

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A7BD	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.036 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1d0',
    500: '#b8a7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a7bd;
$custom-light: #cdc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74979,
    "c": 0.03637,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A7BD

secondary

#DEE3DD

accent

#984D5E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A7BD

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

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