#C8538D#C8538D

#C8538D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.161 H 352.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8538D
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(330, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(330, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 29.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 52.52, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 53.23, 350.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1595 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.161 352.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7218, 20.3921, 27.4596)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8538D #53C88E

analogous

#C853C8 #C8538D #C85353

triadic

#C8538D #8DC853 #538DC8

tetradic

#C8538D #C8C853 #53C88E #5353C8

square

#C8538D #C8C853 #53C88E #5353C8

split-complementary

#C8538D #53C853 #53C8C8

monochromatic

#7A2750 #A8366E #C8538D #D781AC #E6B0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C8538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#C8538D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8538D

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8538D	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63708F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83848A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.161 352.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc89ae',
    500: '#c8538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8538d;
$custom-light: #dc89ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330.256,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60969,
    "c": 0.16101,
    "h": 352.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8538D

secondary

#A3D4BC

accent

#DB954D

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FBF0F4

border

#D4CBCE

text

#150C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8538D

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

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