#B9538E#B9538E

#B9538E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.148 H 346.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9538E
RGB	rgb(185, 83, 142)
HSL	hsl(325, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(325, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 23.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 47.95, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 49.64, 345.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1441 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.148 346.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9842, 18.4562, 27.6745)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9538E #53B97E

analogous

#B153B9 #B9538E #B9535B

triadic

#B9538E #8EB953 #538EB9

tetradic

#B9538E #B9B153 #53B97E #535BB9

square

#B9538E #B9B153 #53B97E #535BB9

split-complementary

#B9538E #5BB953 #53B9B1

monochromatic

#672A4E #933C6E #B9538E #CB7EAB #DCAAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#B9538E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#B9538E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B9538E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9538E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9538E	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9538e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 83, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.148 346.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d188af',
    500: '#b9538e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9538e;
$custom-light: #d188af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9538e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.294,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58868,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 346.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9538E

secondary

#9ECAB0

accent

#D28A56

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9538E

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

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