#B8A9BD#B8A9BD

#B8A9BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.033 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A9BD
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(285, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(285, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 9.09, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 12.29, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0242 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.033 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1390, 42.2407, 54.0149)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A9BD #AEBDA9

analogous

#AEA9BD #B8A9BD #BDA9B8

triadic

#B8A9BD #BDB8A9 #A9BDB8

tetradic

#B8A9BD #BDAEA9 #AEBDA9 #A9B8BD

square

#B8A9BD #BDAEA9 #AEBDA9 #A9B8BD

split-complementary

#B8A9BD #B8BDA9 #A9BDAE

monochromatic

#7E6685 #9B86A2 #B8A9BD #D5CCD8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8A9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B8A9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A9BD

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A9BD	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.033 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc2d0',
    500: '#b8a9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a9bd;
$custom-light: #cdc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75376,
    "c": 0.03276,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A9BD

secondary

#E0E4DE

accent

#974E60

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A9BD

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

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