#B59CA8#B59CA8

#B59CA8 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.034 H 347.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CA8
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(331, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(331, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 7.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 11.29, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 11.63, 345.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0329 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.034 347.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0118, 36.4286, 42.0672)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CA8 #9CB5A9

analogous

#B59CB4 #B59CA8 #B59C9C

triadic

#B59CA8 #A8B59C #9CA8B5

tetradic

#B59CA8 #B4B59C #9CB5A9 #9C9CB5

square

#B59CA8 #B4B59C #9CB5A9 #9C9CB5

split-complementary

#B59CA8 #9CB59C #9CB4B5

monochromatic

#7B5C6B #9B7989 #B59CA8 #CFBFC7 #E9E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B59CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B59CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CA8

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CA8	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.034 347.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9c1',
    500: '#b59ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ca8;
$custom-light: #cbb9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 331.2,
    "s": 14.451,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71849,
    "c": 0.03372,
    "h": 347.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CA8

secondary

#D2DBD7

accent

#99744D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CA8

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

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