#B9798E#B9798E

#B9798E is a light, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.084 H 358.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9798E
RGB	rgb(185, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(340, 31%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(340, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 23.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, 27.95, -1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 27.97, 357.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.0841 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.084 358.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7280, 25.9440, 28.9225)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9798E #79B9A4

analogous

#B979AE #B9798E #B98479

triadic

#B9798E #8EB979 #798EB9

tetradic

#B9798E #AEB979 #79B9A4 #8479B9

square

#B9798E #AEB979 #79B9A4 #8479B9

split-complementary

#B9798E #79B984 #79AEB9

monochromatic

#793F52 #A1546D #B9798E #CEA1B0 #E3C9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B9798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#B9798E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9798E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9798E	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81858F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C37680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.084 358.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfa0af',
    500: '#b9798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9798e;
$custom-light: #cfa0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.313,
    "s": 31.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64862,
    "c": 0.08411,
    "h": 358.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9798E

secondary

#BBD3CB

accent

#C8A660

background

#FCF9FA

surface

#F9F2F4

border

#D2CCCE

text

#140F10

muted

#827E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9798E

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

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