#B16996#B16996

#B16996 is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.108 H 342.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16996
RGB	rgb(177, 105, 150)
HSL	hsl(323, 32%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(323, 41%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 35.15, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 37.20, 340.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.1035 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.108 342.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6883, 21.6540, 31.5168)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16996 #69B184

analogous

#A869B1 #B16996 #B16972

triadic

#B16996 #96B169 #6996B1

tetradic

#B16996 #B1A869 #69B184 #6972B1

square

#B16996 #B1A869 #69B184 #6972B1

split-complementary

#B16996 #72B169 #69B1A8

monochromatic

#693756 #914C77 #B16996 #C691B2 #DBBACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B16996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B16996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16996

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16996	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B96979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 105, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.108 342.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca95b5',
    500: '#b16996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16996;
$custom-light: #ca95b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61443,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 342.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16996

secondary

#ACCAB7

accent

#C88760

background

#FCF9FB

surface

#F8F2F6

border

#D1CCD0

text

#130D11

muted

#827E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16996

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

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