#BB538D#BB538D

#BB538D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.149 H 348.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB538D
RGB	rgb(187, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(327, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(327, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 48.45, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 49.86, 346.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.1459 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.149 348)
XYZ	xyz(28.3954, 18.6769, 27.3037)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB538D #53BB81

analogous

#B553BB #BB538D #BB5359

triadic

#BB538D #8DBB53 #538DBB

tetradic

#BB538D #BBB553 #53BB81 #5359BB

square

#BB538D #BBB553 #53BB81 #5359BB

split-complementary

#BB538D #59BB53 #53BBB5

monochromatic

#6A2A4D #963B6E #BB538D #CC7FAA #DEABC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BB538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BB538D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB538D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB538D	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)

#5E6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.149 348.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d288ae',
    500: '#bb538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb538d;
$custom-light: #d288ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.538,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59112,
    "c": 0.14915,
    "h": 348
  },
  "luminance": 0.18674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB538D

secondary

#9ECBB2

accent

#D38D55

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB538D

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

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