#BB538B#BB538B

#BB538B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.148 H 349.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB538B
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 139)
HSL	hsl(328, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(328, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 48.17, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 49.34, 347.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.1453 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.148 349.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2480, 18.6180, 26.5270)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB538B #53BB83

analogous

#B753BB #BB538B #BB5357

triadic

#BB538B #8BBB53 #538BBB

tetradic

#BB538B #BBB753 #53BB83 #5357BB

square

#BB538B #BBB753 #53BB83 #5357BB

split-complementary

#BB538B #57BB53 #53BBB7

monochromatic

#6A2A4C #963B6C #BB538B #CC7FA9 #DEABC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BB538B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BB538B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB538B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB538B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB538B	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C75069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb538b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.148 349.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288ac',
    500: '#bb538b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb538b;
$custom-light: #d288ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb538b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.692,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59037,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 349.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB538B

secondary

#9ECBB3

accent

#D38F55

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB538B

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

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