#B36596#B36596

#B36596 is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.117 H 342.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B36596
RGB	rgb(179, 101, 150)
HSL	hsl(322, 34%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(322, 44%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 16.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 37.99, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 40.18, 340.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1121 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.117 342.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7494, 21.0950, 31.4057)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B36596 #65B382

analogous

#A965B3 #B36596 #B3656F

triadic

#B36596 #96B365 #6596B3

tetradic

#B36596 #B3A965 #65B382 #656FB3

square

#B36596 #B3A965 #65B382 #656FB3

split-complementary

#B36596 #6FB365 #65B3A9

monochromatic

#6A3456 #934877 #B36596 #C78EB2 #DBB7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B36596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#B36596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B36596

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B36596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B36596	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b36596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 101, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.117 342.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb93b5',
    500: '#b36596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b36596;
$custom-light: #cb93b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b36596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.308,
    "s": 33.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61042,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 342.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B36596

secondary

#A9CAB6

accent

#CA865E

background

#FCF9FB

surface

#F9F1F6

border

#D2CBD0

text

#130D11

muted

#827E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B36596

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

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