#B9538D#B9538D

#B9538D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.147 H 347.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9538D
RGB	rgb(185, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(326, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(326, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 23.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 47.81, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 49.36, 345.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.1438 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.147 347.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9094, 18.4263, 27.2809)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9538D #53B97F

analogous

#B253B9 #B9538D #B9535A

triadic

#B9538D #8DB953 #538DB9

tetradic

#B9538D #B9B253 #53B97F #535AB9

square

#B9538D #B9B253 #53B97F #535AB9

split-complementary

#B9538D #5AB953 #53B9B2

monochromatic

#672A4D #933C6D #B9538D #CB7EAA #DCAAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B9538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#B9538D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9538D

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9538D	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	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)

#5D6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.147 347.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d188ae',
    500: '#b9538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9538d;
$custom-light: #d188ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.882,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5883,
    "c": 0.14735,
    "h": 347.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9538D

secondary

#9ECAB1

accent

#D28B56

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9538D

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

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