#BB538C#BB538C

#BB538C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.149 H 348.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB538C
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 140)
HSL	hsl(327, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(327, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 25.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 48.31, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 49.60, 346.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1456 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.149 348.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3214, 18.6473, 26.9136)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB538C #53BB82

analogous

#B653BB #BB538C #BB5358

triadic

#BB538C #8CBB53 #538CBB

tetradic

#BB538C #BBB653 #53BB82 #5358BB

square

#BB538C #BBB653 #53BB82 #5358BB

split-complementary

#BB538C #58BB53 #53BBB6

monochromatic

#6A2A4D #963B6D #BB538C #CC7FA9 #DEABC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB538C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB538C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB538C

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB538C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB538C	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C75069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb538c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.149 348.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288ad',
    500: '#bb538c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb538c;
$custom-light: #d288ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb538c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.115,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59074,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 348.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB538C

secondary

#9ECBB3

accent

#D38E55

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB538C

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

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