#B4538E#B4538E

#B4538E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.144 H 345.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4538E
RGB	rgb(180, 83, 142)
HSL	hsl(324, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(324, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 21.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 46.37, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 48.44, 343.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1386 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.144 345)
XYZ	xyz(26.7988, 17.8450, 27.6190)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4538E #53B479

analogous

#AA53B4 #B4538E #B4535E

triadic

#B4538E #8EB453 #538EB4

tetradic

#B4538E #B4AA53 #53B479 #535EB4

square

#B4538E #B4AA53 #53B479 #535EB4

split-complementary

#B4538E #5EB453 #53B4AA

monochromatic

#622B4C #8D3D6D #B4538E #C77EAA #D9A8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#B4538E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#B4538E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4538E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4538E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4538E	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4538e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 83, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.144 345.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd87af',
    500: '#b4538e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4538e;
$custom-light: #cd87af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4538e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 323.505,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58171,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 345
  },
  "luminance": 0.17843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4538E

secondary

#9CC7AD

accent

#CF8759

background

#FCF8FA

surface

#F9F0F4

border

#D2CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#827D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4538E

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

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