#B8A7BE#B8A7BE

#B8A7BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.038 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A7BE
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 190)
HSL	hsl(284, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(284, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 10.39, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 14.09, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0276 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.038 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8787, 41.5458, 54.4655)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A7BE #ADBEA7

analogous

#ACA7BE #B8A7BE #BEA7B9

triadic

#B8A7BE #BEB8A7 #A7BEB8

tetradic

#B8A7BE #BEACA7 #ADBEA7 #A7B9BE

square

#B8A7BE #BEACA7 #ADBEA7 #A7B9BE

split-complementary

#B8A7BE #B9BEA7 #A7BEAC

monochromatic

#7E6487 #9C84A4 #B8A7BE #D4CAD8 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8A7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B8A7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A7BE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A7BE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.038 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1d1',
    500: '#b8a7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a7be;
$custom-light: #cdc1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 15.033,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75012,
    "c": 0.03756,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A7BE

secondary

#DFE4DD

accent

#994C60

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A7BE

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

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