#B8538B#B8538B

#B8538B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.145 H 348.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8538B
RGB	rgb(184, 83, 139)
HSL	hsl(327, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(327, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 24.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 47.21, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 48.57, 346.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1421 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.145 348.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5215, 18.2434, 26.4930)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8538B #53B880

analogous

#B353B8 #B8538B #B85358

triadic

#B8538B #8BB853 #538BB8

tetradic

#B8538B #B8B353 #53B880 #5358B8

square

#B8538B #B8B353 #53B880 #5358B8

split-complementary

#B8538B #58B853 #53B8B3

monochromatic

#662A4C #923C6C #B8538B #CA7EA8 #DCAAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#B8538B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#B8538B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B8538B

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8538B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8538B	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8538b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 83, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.145 348.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d087ad',
    500: '#b8538b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8538b;
$custom-light: #d087ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8538b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.733,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58614,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 348.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8538B

secondary

#9DC9B1

accent

#D18D56

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8538B

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

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