#B496A4#B496A4

#B496A4 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.040 H 348.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496A4
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 164)
HSL	hsl(332, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(332, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 8.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 13.54, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 13.90, 346.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.0397 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.04 348.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4291, 34.1973, 39.7965)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496A4 #96B4A6

analogous

#B496B3 #B496A4 #B49796

triadic

#B496A4 #A4B496 #96A4B4

tetradic

#B496A4 #B3B496 #96B4A6 #9796B4

square

#B496A4 #B3B496 #96B4A6 #9796B4

split-complementary

#B496A4 #96B497 #96B3B4

monochromatic

#795667 #9B7285 #B496A4 #CEBAC3 #E7DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B496A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#B496A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496A4

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496A4	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.040 348.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5bf',
    500: '#b496a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496a4;
$custom-light: #cab5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70447,
    "c": 0.04048,
    "h": 348.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496A4

secondary

#CED8D3

accent

#9B754B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496A4

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

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