#B8A9BE#B8A9BE

#B8A9BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.034 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A9BE
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(283, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 9.29, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 12.77, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0246 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.034 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2479, 42.2843, 54.5886)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A9BE #AFBEA9

analogous

#ADA9BE #B8A9BE #BEA9B9

triadic

#B8A9BE #BEB8A9 #A9BEB8

tetradic

#B8A9BE #BEADA9 #AFBEA9 #A9B9BE

square

#B8A9BE #BEADA9 #AFBEA9 #A9B9BE

split-complementary

#B8A9BE #B9BEA9 #A9BEAD

monochromatic

#7D6687 #9B86A4 #B8A9BE #D5CCD8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B8A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A9BE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A9BE	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.034 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc2d1',
    500: '#b8a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a9be;
$custom-light: #cdc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75409,
    "c": 0.03397,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A9BE

secondary

#E0E4DF

accent

#984D63

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A9BE

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

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