#C8538E#C8538E

#C8538E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.162 H 351.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8538E
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 142)
HSL	hsl(330, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(330, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 29%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 52.65, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 53.45, 350.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% 0.1598 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.162 351.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7965, 20.4220, 27.8532)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8538E #53C88D

analogous

#C853C8 #C8538E #C85353

triadic

#C8538E #8EC853 #538EC8

tetradic

#C8538E #C8C853 #53C88D #5353C8

square

#C8538E #C8C853 #53C88D #5353C8

split-complementary

#C8538E #53C853 #53C8C8

monochromatic

#7A2751 #A8366F #C8538E #D781AC #E6B0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C8538E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#C8538E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8538E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8538E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8538E	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	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)

#637090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8538e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.162 351.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc89af',
    500: '#c8538e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8538e;
$custom-light: #dc89af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8538e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 329.744,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61005,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 351.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8538E

secondary

#A3D4BB

accent

#DB934D

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FBF0F4

border

#D4CBCE

text

#150C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8538E

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

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