#B59BAD#B59BAD

#B59BAD is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.039 H 337.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BAD
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(318, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(318, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 4.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 12.75, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 14.00, 335.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0363 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.039 337.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3194, 36.2843, 44.5120)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BAD #9BB5A3

analogous

#B09BB5 #B59BAD #B59BA0

triadic

#B59BAD #ADB59B #9BADB5

tetradic

#B59BAD #B5B09B #9BB5A3 #9BA0B5

square

#B59BAD #B5B09B #9BB5A3 #9BA0B5

split-complementary

#B59BAD #A0B59B #9BB5B0

monochromatic

#7B5B71 #9B7890 #B59BAD #CFBECA #E9E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B59BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B59BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BAD

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BAD	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.039 337.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8c5',
    500: '#b59bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bad;
$custom-light: #cbb8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.462,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71811,
    "c": 0.03942,
    "h": 337.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BAD

secondary

#D2DAD4

accent

#99644C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BAD

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

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