#B496A0#B496A0

#B496A0 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.038 H 356.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496A0
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 160)
HSL	hsl(340, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(340, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 11.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, 12.84, -1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 12.89, 355.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0381 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.038 356.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0735, 34.0550, 37.9239)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496A0 #96B4AA

analogous

#B496AF #B496A0 #B49B96

triadic

#B496A0 #A0B496 #96A0B4

tetradic

#B496A0 #AFB496 #96B4AA #9B96B4

square

#B496A0 #AFB496 #96B4AA #9B96B4

split-complementary

#B496A0 #96B49B #96AFB4

monochromatic

#795662 #9B7280 #B496A0 #CEBAC0 #E7DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B496A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#B496A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496A0

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496A0	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.038 356.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5bc',
    500: '#b496a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496a0;
$custom-light: #cab5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70323,
    "c": 0.03821,
    "h": 356.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496A0

secondary

#CED8D5

accent

#9B804B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496A0

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

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