#B0538D#B0538D

#B0538D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.139 H 344.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0538D
RGB	rgb(176, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(323, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(323, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 19.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 44.94, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 47.19, 342.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.134 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.139 344.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8060, 17.3418, 27.1823)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0538D #53B076

analogous

#A553B0 #B0538D #B0535E

triadic

#B0538D #8DB053 #538DB0

tetradic

#B0538D #B0A553 #53B076 #535EB0

square

#B0538D #B0A553 #53B076 #535EB0

split-complementary

#B0538D #5EB053 #53B0A5

monochromatic

#5E2B4B #883E6C #B0538D #C37DA9 #D7A7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B0538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B0538D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0538D

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0538D	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA536A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.139 344.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca87ae',
    500: '#b0538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0538d;
$custom-light: #ca87ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.581,
    "s": 37.052,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57579,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 344.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0538D

secondary

#9BC4AA

accent

#CD865B

background

#FCF8FA

surface

#F9F0F4

border

#D2CBCE

text

#140B10

muted

#827C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0538D

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

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