#B9538B#B9538B

#B9538B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.146 H 348.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9538B
RGB	rgb(185, 83, 139)
HSL	hsl(327, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(327, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 24.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 47.53, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 48.83, 346.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1432 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.146 348.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7620, 18.3674, 26.5042)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9538B #53B981

analogous

#B453B9 #B9538B #B95358

triadic

#B9538B #8BB953 #538BB9

tetradic

#B9538B #B9B453 #53B981 #5358B9

square

#B9538B #B9B453 #53B981 #5358B9

split-complementary

#B9538B #58B953 #53B9B4

monochromatic

#672A4C #933C6C #B9538B #CB7EA8 #DCAAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B9538B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B9538B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9538B

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9538B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9538B	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9538b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 83, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.146 348.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d188ad',
    500: '#b9538b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9538b;
$custom-light: #d188ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9538b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.059,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58754,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 348.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9538B

secondary

#9ECAB2

accent

#D28E56

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9538B

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

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