#BD538B#BD538B

#BD538B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.150 H 349.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD538B
RGB	rgb(189, 83, 139)
HSL	hsl(328, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(328, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 26.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 48.80, -10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 49.86, 348.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1475 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.15 349.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7408, 18.8721, 26.5501)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD538B #53BD85

analogous

#BA53BD #BD538B #BD5356

triadic

#BD538B #8BBD53 #538BBD

tetradic

#BD538B #BDBA53 #53BD85 #5356BD

square

#BD538B #BDBA53 #53BD85 #5356BD

split-complementary

#BD538B #56BD53 #53BDBA

monochromatic

#6C294D #983A6C #BD538B #CE7FA9 #DFABC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BD538B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BD538B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD538B

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD538B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD538B	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C94F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd538b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 83, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.150 349.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488ac',
    500: '#bd538b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd538b;
$custom-light: #d488ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd538b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.302,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5932,
    "c": 0.14984,
    "h": 349.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD538B

secondary

#9FCDB5

accent

#D49054

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#150C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD538B

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

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