#B59CAE#B59CAE

#B59CAE is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.038 H 336.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59CAE
RGB	rgb(181, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(317, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(317, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 12.38, -5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 13.72, 334.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0352 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.038 336)
XYZ	xyz(38.5837, 36.6574, 45.0792)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59CAE #9CB5A3

analogous

#AF9CB5 #B59CAE #B59CA1

triadic

#B59CAE #AEB59C #9CAEB5

tetradic

#B59CAE #B5AF9C #9CB5A3 #9CA1B5

square

#B59CAE #B5AF9C #9CB5A3 #9CA1B5

split-complementary

#B59CAE #A1B59C #9CB5AF

monochromatic

#7B5C72 #9B7991 #B59CAE #CFBFCB #E9E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B59CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B59CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59CAE

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59CAE	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.038 336.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9c6',
    500: '#b59cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59cae;
$custom-light: #cbb9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.8,
    "s": 14.451,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72041,
    "c": 0.03849,
    "h": 336
  },
  "luminance": 0.36657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59CAE

secondary

#D2DBD5

accent

#99624D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59CAE

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

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