#B496AC#B496AC

#B496AC is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.047 H 335.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B496AC
RGB	rgb(180, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(316, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(316, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 14.99, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 16.67, 334.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0426 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.047 335.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1744, 34.4954, 43.7217)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B496AC #96B49E

analogous

#AD96B4 #B496AC #B4969D

triadic

#B496AC #ACB496 #96ACB4

tetradic

#B496AC #B4AD96 #96B49E #969DB4

square

#B496AC #B4AD96 #96B49E #969DB4

split-complementary

#B496AC #9DB496 #96B4AD

monochromatic

#795670 #9B7290 #B496AC #CEBAC8 #E7DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#B496AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#B496AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B496AC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B496AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B496AC	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b496ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.047 335.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab5c4',
    500: '#b496ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b496ac;
$custom-light: #cab5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b496ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70707,
    "c": 0.04679,
    "h": 335.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B496AC

secondary

#CED8D0

accent

#9B604B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B496AC

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

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