#B596A2#B596A2

#B596A2 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.040 H 352.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596A2
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 162)
HSL	hsl(337, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(337, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 13.56, -1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 13.70, 351.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.04 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.04 352.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4836, 34.2461, 38.8637)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596A2 #96B5A9

analogous

#B596B1 #B596A2 #B59A96

triadic

#B596A2 #A2B596 #96A2B5

tetradic

#B596A2 #B1B596 #96B5A9 #9A96B5

square

#B596A2 #B1B596 #96B5A9 #9A96B5

split-complementary

#B596A2 #96B59A #96B1B5

monochromatic

#7A5664 #9C7282 #B596A2 #CEBAC2 #E8DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#B596A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#B596A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596A2

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596A2	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.040 352.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5bd',
    500: '#b596a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596a2;
$custom-light: #cbb5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336.774,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70481,
    "c": 0.04035,
    "h": 352.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596A2

secondary

#CED9D5

accent

#9C7C4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596A2

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

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