#B59BAE#B59BAE

#B59BAE is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.040 H 335.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59BAE
RGB	rgb(181, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(316, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(316, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 12.93, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 14.39, 334.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0367 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.04 335.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4166, 36.3232, 45.0235)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59BAE #9BB5A2

analogous

#AF9BB5 #B59BAE #B59BA1

triadic

#B59BAE #AEB59B #9BAEB5

tetradic

#B59BAE #B5AF9B #9BB5A2 #9BA1B5

square

#B59BAE #B5AF9B #9BB5A2 #9BA1B5

split-complementary

#B59BAE #A1B59B #9BB5AF

monochromatic

#7B5B72 #9B7892 #B59BAE #CFBECA #E9E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B59BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B59BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59BAE

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59BAE	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)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.040 335.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8c6',
    500: '#b59bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59bae;
$custom-light: #cbb8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.154,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71844,
    "c": 0.04032,
    "h": 335.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59BAE

secondary

#D2DAD4

accent

#99614C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59BAE

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

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