#CD538C#CD538C

#CD538C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.165 H 353.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD538C
RGB	rgb(205, 83, 140)
HSL	hsl(332, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(332, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 31.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 53.95, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 54.38, 352.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1642 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.165 353.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0053, 21.0625, 27.1331)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD538C #53CD94

analogous

#CD53C9 #CD538C #CD5753

triadic

#CD538C #8CCD53 #538CCD

tetradic

#CD538C #C9CD53 #53CD94 #5753CD

square

#CD538C #C9CD53 #53CD94 #5753CD

split-complementary

#CD538C #53CD57 #53C9CD

monochromatic

#802550 #B0336D #CD538C #DB82AC #E9B2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#CD538C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#CD538C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD538C

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD538C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD538C	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65718E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd538c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 83, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.165 353.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e089ad',
    500: '#cd538c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd538c;
$custom-light: #e089ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd538c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 331.967,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6166,
    "c": 0.16512,
    "h": 353.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD538C

secondary

#A5D7C0

accent

#DE994A

background

#FEF8FA

surface

#FCF0F4

border

#D5CBCE

text

#160C10

muted

#847D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD538C

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

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