#B16596#B16596

#B16596 is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.116 H 341.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16596
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 150)
HSL	hsl(321, 33%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(321, 43%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 37.31, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 39.68, 340.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.1098 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.116 341.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2904, 20.8583, 31.3842)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16596 #65B180

analogous

#A665B1 #B16596 #B16570

triadic

#B16596 #96B165 #6596B1

tetradic

#B16596 #B1A665 #65B180 #6570B1

square

#B16596 #B1A665 #65B180 #6570B1

split-complementary

#B16596 #70B165 #65B1A6

monochromatic

#673455 #904977 #B16596 #C68EB2 #DAB6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B16596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B16596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16596

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16596	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.116 341.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca93b5',
    500: '#b16596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16596;
$custom-light: #ca93b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.316,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60791,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 341.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16596

secondary

#A9C9B4

accent

#C9855F

background

#FCF9FB

surface

#F9F1F6

border

#D2CBD0

text

#130D11

muted

#827E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16596

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

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