#B8A9BC#B8A9BC

#B8A9BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.032 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A9BC
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(287, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(287, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 8.90, -7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 11.80, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0239 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.032 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0308, 42.1975, 53.4452)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A9BC #ADBCA9

analogous

#AEA9BC #B8A9BC #BCA9B7

triadic

#B8A9BC #BCB8A9 #A9BCB8

tetradic

#B8A9BC #BCAEA9 #ADBCA9 #A9B7BC

square

#B8A9BC #BCAEA9 #ADBCA9 #A9B7BC

split-complementary

#B8A9BC #B7BCA9 #A9BCAE

monochromatic

#7E6784 #9C87A1 #B8A9BC #D4CBD7 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8A9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B8A9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A9BC

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A9BC	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.032 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc2d0',
    500: '#b8a9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a9bc;
$custom-light: #cdc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75343,
    "c": 0.03157,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A9BC

secondary

#DFE3DE

accent

#974F5E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A9BC

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

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