#B8A9BF#B8A9BF

#B8A9BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.035 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A9BF
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(281, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, 9.48, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 13.26, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.025 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.035 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3576, 42.3282, 55.1661)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A9BF #B0BFA9

analogous

#ADA9BF #B8A9BF #BFA9BB

triadic

#B8A9BF #BFB8A9 #A9BFB8

tetradic

#B8A9BF #BFADA9 #B0BFA9 #A9BBBF

square

#B8A9BF #BFADA9 #B0BFA9 #A9BBBF

split-complementary

#B8A9BF #BBBFA9 #A9BFAD

monochromatic

#7D6588 #9B86A5 #B8A9BF #D5CCD9 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8A9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B8A9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A9BF

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A9BF	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.035 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc2d2',
    500: '#b8a9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a9bf;
$custom-light: #cdc2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75442,
    "c": 0.03519,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A9BF

secondary

#E1E5DF

accent

#994D65

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A9BF

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

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