#B59CA3#B59CA3

#B59CA3 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.031 H 359.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CA3
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(343, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(343, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 9.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 10.40, -0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 10.40, 358.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.031 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.031 359.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5549, 36.2459, 39.6611)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CA3 #9CB5AE

analogous

#B59CAF #B59CA3 #B5A19C

triadic

#B59CA3 #A3B59C #9CA3B5

tetradic

#B59CA3 #AFB59C #9CB5AE #A19CB5

square

#B59CA3 #AFB59C #9CB5AE #A19CB5

split-complementary

#B59CA3 #9CB5A1 #9CAFB5

monochromatic

#7B5C64 #9B7982 #B59CA3 #CFBFC4 #E9E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B59CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B59CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CA3

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CA3	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.031 359.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9be',
    500: '#b59ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ca3;
$custom-light: #cbb9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.2,
    "s": 14.451,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71695,
    "c": 0.03098,
    "h": 359.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CA3

secondary

#D2DBD8

accent

#99834D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CA3

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

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