HEX Color #B96D86 (Palevioletred)

About #B96D86

Visually, #B96D86 is defined as a moderate magenta. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Palevioletred. In the RGB color space, it consists of 185 red, 109 green, and 134 blue.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 41% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 340.3° hue, 35.2% saturation, and 57.6% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#B96D86

RGB185, 109, 134

HSL340.3°, 35.2%, 57.6%

CMYK0%, 41%, 28%, 27%

HSV340.3°, 41.1%, 72.5%

LAB55.0, 33.4, -0.7

XYZ29.8, 23.0, 25.4

Decimal12152198

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#B96D86 #6CB9A0

Analogous

#B96CAC #B9796C

Triadic

#86B96C #6C85B9

Tetradic

#ACB96C #6CB9A0 #7A6CB9

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#B96D86

#C07D93

#C88DA0

#D09DAE

#D8ADBB

#DFBEC9

#E7CED6

#EFDEE4

#F7EEF1

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#B96D86

#A46077

#8F5468

#7B4859

#663C4A

#52303B

#3D242C

#29181D

#140C0E

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.75:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

5.59:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.59:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.76:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #B96D86; }

.text-color { color: #B96D86; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #B96D86; }

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Palevioletred

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