#B3538D#B3538D

#B3538D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.142 H 345.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3538D
RGB	rgb(179, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(324, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(324, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 21.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 45.90, -13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 47.90, 343.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.1373 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.142 345.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4921, 17.6955, 27.2144)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3538D #53B379

analogous

#A953B3 #B3538D #B3535D

triadic

#B3538D #8DB353 #538DB3

tetradic

#B3538D #B3A953 #53B379 #535DB3

square

#B3538D #B3A953 #53B379 #535DB3

split-complementary

#B3538D #5DB353 #53B3A9

monochromatic

#612B4B #8B3E6C #B3538D #C67DA9 #D9A8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#B3538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#B3538D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3538D

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3538D	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.142 345.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc87ae',
    500: '#b3538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3538d;
$custom-light: #cc87ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 323.75,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57993,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 345.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3538D

secondary

#9CC6AC

accent

#CF8859

background

#FCF8FA

surface

#F9F0F4

border

#D2CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#827D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3538D

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

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