#B59CA5#B59CA5

#B59CA5 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.032 H 354.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CA5
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(338, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(338, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 8.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 10.75, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 10.83, 353.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0318 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.032 354.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7355, 36.3181, 40.6123)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CA5 #9CB5AC

analogous

#B59CB1 #B59CA5 #B59F9C

triadic

#B59CA5 #A5B59C #9CA5B5

tetradic

#B59CA5 #B1B59C #9CB5AC #9F9CB5

square

#B59CA5 #B1B59C #9CB5AC #9F9CB5

split-complementary

#B59CA5 #9CB59F #9CB1B5

monochromatic

#7B5C67 #9B7985 #B59CA5 #CFBFC5 #E9E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B59CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B59CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CA5

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CA5	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)

#9EA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.032 354.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9bf',
    500: '#b59ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ca5;
$custom-light: #cbb9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.4,
    "s": 14.451,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71756,
    "c": 0.03192,
    "h": 354.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CA5

secondary

#D2DBD8

accent

#997D4D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CA5

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

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