#B9538C#B9538C

#B9538C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.147 H 347.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9538C
RGB	rgb(185, 83, 140)
HSL	hsl(326, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(326, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 24.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 47.67, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 49.09, 346.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.1435 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.147 347.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8354, 18.3967, 26.8908)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9538C #53B980

analogous

#B353B9 #B9538C #B95359

triadic

#B9538C #8CB953 #538CB9

tetradic

#B9538C #B9B353 #53B980 #5359B9

square

#B9538C #B9B353 #53B980 #5359B9

split-complementary

#B9538C #59B953 #53B9B3

monochromatic

#672A4C #933C6D #B9538C #CB7EA9 #DCAAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B9538C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B9538C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9538C

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9538C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9538C	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C55069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9538c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 83, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.147 347.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d188ad',
    500: '#b9538c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9538c;
$custom-light: #d188ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9538c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.471,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58792,
    "c": 0.14675,
    "h": 347.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9538C

secondary

#9ECAB1

accent

#D28D56

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9538C

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

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