#BD538E#BD538E

#BD538E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.152 H 348.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD538E
RGB	rgb(189, 83, 142)
HSL	hsl(327, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(327, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 24.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 49.22, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 50.63, 346.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.1483 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.152 348.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9630, 18.9609, 27.7204)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD538E #53BD82

analogous

#B753BD #BD538E #BD5359

triadic

#BD538E #8EBD53 #538EBD

tetradic

#BD538E #BDB753 #53BD82 #5359BD

square

#BD538E #BDB753 #53BD82 #5359BD

split-complementary

#BD538E #59BD53 #53BDB7

monochromatic

#6C294F #983A6F #BD538E #CE7FAB #DFABC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BD538E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BD538E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD538E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD538E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD538E	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#5E6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd538e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 83, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.152 348.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d488af',
    500: '#bd538e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd538e;
$custom-light: #d488af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd538e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.604,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59432,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 348.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD538E

secondary

#9FCDB3

accent

#D48D54

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#150C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD538E

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

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