#B9599E#B9599E

#B9599E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.149 H 339.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9599E
RGB	rgb(185, 89, 158)
HSL	hsl(317, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(317, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 14.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, 47.43, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 51.35, 337.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1394 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.149 339.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7519, 19.9299, 34.6210)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9599E #59B974

analogous

#A459B9 #B9599E #B9596E

triadic

#B9599E #9EB959 #599EB9

tetradic

#B9599E #B9A459 #59B974 #596EB9

square

#B9599E #B9A459 #59B974 #596EB9

split-complementary

#B9599E #6EB959 #59B9A4

monochromatic

#6B2D59 #963F7D #B9599E #CB84B7 #DDAFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#B9599E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#B9599E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9599E

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9599E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9599E	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D72A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78819B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C25B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9599e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 89, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.149 339.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08cba',
    500: '#b9599e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9599e;
$custom-light: #d08cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9599e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.875,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60339,
    "c": 0.1491,
    "h": 339.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9599E

secondary

#A2CBAE

accent

#D17957

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9599E

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

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