#b1959f

Color #b1959f

A muted light pink.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 9.38 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b1959f

RGB

rgb(177, 149, 159)

HSL

hsl(338.6, 15.2%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(338.6, 15.8%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 10.2%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(64.44, 12.12, -1.35)

LCH

lch(64.44, 12.19, 353.64)

OKLCH

oklch(69.8%, 0.0361, 354.59)

HWB

hwb(338.6, 58.4%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95b1a7

Analogous

#b195ad

#b1959f

#b19995

Triadic

#b1959f

#9fb195

#959fb1

Split-complementary

#b1959f

#95b199

#95adb1

Tetradic

#b1959f

#b1a795

#95b1a7

#959fb1

Square

#b1959f

#adb195

#95b1a7

#9995b1

Shades

Color #b1959f mixed toward black.

#9a7683

#7d5c68

#5e454e

#3f2e34

#1f171a

Tints

Color #b1959f mixed toward white.

#bea7af

#cbb8bf

#d8cacf

#e5dcdf

#f2edef

Tones

Color #b1959f mixed toward gray.

#af97a0

#ac9aa0

#aa9ca1

#a89ea2

#a5a1a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a59d · ΔE 16.7

Deuteranopia

#a7a99c · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#b09b9a · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 12.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b1959f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b1959f]

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Pink #ffc0cb

Deep Pink #ff1493

Frequently asked questions

#b1959f (#b1959f) is rgb(177, 149, 159) in RGB.

No, #b1959f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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