#B9599B#B9599B

#B9599B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.147 H 340.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9599B
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 155)
HSL	hsl(319, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(319, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 16.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 46.96, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 50.32, 338.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1387 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.147 340.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4968, 19.8278, 33.2776)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9599B #59B977

analogous

#A759B9 #B9599B #B9596B

triadic

#B9599B #9BB959 #599BB9

tetradic

#B9599B #B9A759 #59B977 #596BB9

square

#B9599B #B9A759 #59B977 #596BB9

split-complementary

#B9599B #6BB959 #59B9A7

monochromatic

#6B2D57 #963F7B #B9599B #CB84B5 #DDAFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B9599B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B9599B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9599B

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9599B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9599B	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E719D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C35A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9599b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.147 340.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08bb8',
    500: '#b9599b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9599b;
$custom-light: #d08bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9599b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.75,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60215,
    "c": 0.14689,
    "h": 340.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9599B

secondary

#A2CBAF

accent

#D17D57

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9599B

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

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