#B4538B#B4538B

#B4538B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.142 H 346.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4538B
RGB	rgb(180, 83, 139)
HSL	hsl(325, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(325, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 22.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, 45.93, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 47.56, 344.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.1378 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.142 346.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5766, 17.7562, 26.4487)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4538B #53B47C

analogous

#AD53B4 #B4538B #B4535B

triadic

#B4538B #8BB453 #538BB4

tetradic

#B4538B #B4AD53 #53B47C #535BB4

square

#B4538B #B4AD53 #53B47C #535BB4

split-complementary

#B4538B #5BB453 #53B4AD

monochromatic

#622B4B #8D3D6B #B4538B #C77EA8 #D9A8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#B4538B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#B4538B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4538B

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4538B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4538B	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF5169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4538b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 83, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.142 346.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd87ad',
    500: '#b4538b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4538b;
$custom-light: #cd87ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4538b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.361,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58054,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 346.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4538B

secondary

#9CC7AE

accent

#CF8B59

background

#FCF8FA

surface

#F9F0F4

border

#D2CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#827D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4538B

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

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