#B8A7BF#B8A7BF

#B8A7BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.039 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A7BF
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 191)
HSL	hsl(283, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 10.58, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 14.58, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.028 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.039 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9884, 41.5897, 55.0431)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A7BF #AEBFA7

analogous

#ACA7BF #B8A7BF #BFA7BA

triadic

#B8A7BF #BFB8A7 #A7BFB8

tetradic

#B8A7BF #BFACA7 #AEBFA7 #A7BABF

square

#B8A7BF #BFACA7 #AEBFA7 #A7BABF

split-complementary

#B8A7BF #BABFA7 #A7BFAC

monochromatic

#7E6388 #9B84A5 #B8A7BF #D5CAD9 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8A7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B8A7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A7BF

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A7BF	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.039 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1d2',
    500: '#b8a7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a7bf;
$custom-light: #cdc1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75046,
    "c": 0.03877,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A7BF

secondary

#E0E4DE

accent

#9A4B62

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A7BF

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

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