#E5538E#E5538E

#E5538E is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.188 H 358.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5538E
RGB	rgb(229, 83, 142)
HSL	hsl(336, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(336, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 38%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 61.46, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 61.48, 358.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.1879 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.188 358.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2914, 24.8021, 28.2514)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5538E #53E5AA

analogous

#E553D7 #E5538E #E56153

triadic

#E5538E #8EE553 #538EE5

tetradic

#E5538E #D7E553 #53E5AA #6153E5

square

#E5538E #D7E553 #53E5AA #6153E5

split-complementary

#E5538E #53E561 #53D7E5

monochromatic

#A51951 #DA216C #E5538E #ED88B1 #F5BDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E5538E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E5538E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5538E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5538E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5538E	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7456B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5538e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 83, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.188 358.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28baf',
    500: '#e5538e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5538e;
$custom-light: #f28baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5538e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 335.753,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65284,
    "c": 0.18796,
    "h": 358.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5538E

secondary

#AEE5CF

accent

#D68610

background

#FFF8FA

surface

#FFF0F4

border

#D7CBCE

text

#180D10

muted

#867D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5538E

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

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