#B596AB#B596AB

#B596AB is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.047 H 338.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B596AB
RGB	rgb(181, 150, 171)
HSL	hsl(319, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(319, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 5.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 15.17, -6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 16.55, 336.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0434 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.047 338.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3124, 34.5776, 43.2288)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B596AB #96B5A0

analogous

#AF96B5 #B596AB #B5969C

triadic

#B596AB #ABB596 #96ABB5

tetradic

#B596AB #B5AF96 #96B5A0 #969CB5

square

#B596AB #B5AF96 #96B5A0 #969CB5

split-complementary

#B596AB #9CB596 #96B5AF

monochromatic

#7A566F #9C728E #B596AB #CEBAC8 #E8DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B596AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B596AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B596AB

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B596AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B596AB	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b596ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 150, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.047 338.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb5c4',
    500: '#b596ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b596ab;
$custom-light: #cbb5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b596ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.355,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7077,
    "c": 0.0468,
    "h": 338.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B596AB

secondary

#CED9D2

accent

#9C644A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B596AB

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

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