#9C255B#9C255B

#9C255B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.161 H 357.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C255B
RGB	rgb(156, 37, 91)
HSL	hsl(333, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(333, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 41.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.27, 52.28, -2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.27, 52.34, 357.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.17% 0.1606 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(47.17% 0.161 357.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2614, 9.1485, 10.8050)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C255B #259C66

analogous

#9C2596 #9C255B #9C2A25

triadic

#9C255B #5B9C25 #255B9C

tetradic

#9C255B #969C25 #259C66 #2A259C

square

#9C255B #969C25 #259C66 #2A259C

split-complementary

#9C255B #259C2A #25969C

monochromatic

#390E21 #6B193E #9C255B #CD3178 #DA6298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#9C255B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#9C255B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C255B

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C255B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C255B	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E475C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c255b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 37, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.161 357.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6b89',
    500: '#9c255b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c255b;
$custom-light: #be6b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c255b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.773,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47171,
    "c": 0.16069,
    "h": 357.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C255B

secondary

#5EBF93

accent

#E59B43

background

#FCF6F8

surface

#F8ECF0

border

#D1C7CB

text

#13070B

muted

#827A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C255B

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

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