#BD538C#BD538C

#BD538C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.150 H 349.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD538C
RGB	rgb(189, 83, 140)
HSL	hsl(328, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(328, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 25.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 48.94, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 50.11, 347.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1478 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.15 349.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8142, 18.9014, 26.9367)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD538C #53BD84

analogous

#B953BD #BD538C #BD5357

triadic

#BD538C #8CBD53 #538CBD

tetradic

#BD538C #BDB953 #53BD84 #5357BD

square

#BD538C #BDB953 #53BD84 #5357BD

split-complementary

#BD538C #57BD53 #53BDB9

monochromatic

#6C294D #983A6D #BD538C #CE7FAA #DFABC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BD538C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BD538C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD538C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD538C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD538C	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd538c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 83, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.150 349.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488ad',
    500: '#bd538c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd538c;
$custom-light: #d488ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd538c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.736,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59357,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 349.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD538C

secondary

#9FCDB4

accent

#D48F54

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#150C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD538C

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

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