#DC538E#DC538E

#DC538E is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.180 H 356.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DC538E
RGB	rgb(220, 83, 142)
HSL	hsl(334, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(334, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 35.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 58.76, -4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 58.91, 355.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.1795 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.18 356.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4931, 23.3593, 28.1202)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DC538E #53DCA1

analogous

#DC53D2 #DC538E #DC5D53

triadic

#DC538E #8EDC53 #538EDC

tetradic

#DC538E #D2DC53 #53DCA1 #5D53DC

square

#DC538E #D2DC53 #53DCA1 #5D53DC

split-complementary

#DC538E #53DC5D #53D2DC

monochromatic

#961F52 #C9296E #DC538E #E686AF #F1B9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#DC538E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#DC538E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DC538E

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DC538E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DC538E	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED486A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dc538e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 83, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.180 356.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb8aaf',
    500: '#dc538e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dc538e;
$custom-light: #eb8aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dc538e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.161,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63938,
    "c": 0.17975,
    "h": 356.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DC538E

secondary

#ABE0C9

accent

#E9A03F

background

#FFF8FA

surface

#FEF0F4

border

#D6CBCE

text

#170C10

muted

#857D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DC538E

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

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