#BD538D#BD538D

#BD538D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.151 H 348.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD538D
RGB	rgb(189, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(327, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(327, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 49.08, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 50.37, 347.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.148 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.151 348.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8882, 18.9310, 27.3268)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD538D #53BD83

analogous

#B853BD #BD538D #BD5358

triadic

#BD538D #8DBD53 #538DBD

tetradic

#BD538D #BDB853 #53BD83 #5358BD

square

#BD538D #BDB853 #53BD83 #5358BD

split-complementary

#BD538D #58BD53 #53BDB8

monochromatic

#6C294E #983A6E #BD538D #CE7FAA #DFABC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BD538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BD538D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD538D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD538D	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.151 348.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488ae',
    500: '#bd538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd538d;
$custom-light: #d488ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.17,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59394,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 348.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD538D

secondary

#9FCDB4

accent

#D48E54

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#150C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD538D

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

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