#B59CA9#B59CA9

#B59CA9 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.034 H 345.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CA9
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(329, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(329, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 6.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 11.46, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 11.94, 343.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0333 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.034 345.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1053, 36.4661, 42.5597)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CA9 #9CB5A8

analogous

#B49CB5 #B59CA9 #B59C9C

triadic

#B59CA9 #A9B59C #9CA9B5

tetradic

#B59CA9 #B5B49C #9CB5A8 #9C9CB5

square

#B59CA9 #B5B49C #9CB5A8 #9C9CB5

split-complementary

#B59CA9 #9CB59C #9CB5B4

monochromatic

#7B5C6C #9B798B #B59CA9 #CFBFC7 #E9E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B59CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B59CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CA9

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CA9	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)

#9DA0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.034 345.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9c2',
    500: '#b59ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ca9;
$custom-light: #cbb9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.8,
    "s": 14.451,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7188,
    "c": 0.03442,
    "h": 345.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CA9

secondary

#D2DBD6

accent

#99714D

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CA9

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

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