#9C255E#9C255E

#9C255E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.162 H 356.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C255E
RGB	rgb(156, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(331, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(331, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 39.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.37, 52.59, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.37, 52.76, 355.38°)
OKLab	oklab(47.28% 0.1615 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(47.28% 0.162 356.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3934, 9.2013, 11.5003)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C255E #259C63

analogous

#9C2599 #9C255E #9C2825

triadic

#9C255E #5E9C25 #255E9C

tetradic

#9C255E #999C25 #259C63 #28259C

square

#9C255E #999C25 #259C63 #28259C

split-complementary

#9C255E #259C28 #25999C

monochromatic

#390E22 #6B1940 #9C255E #CD317C #DA629B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#9C255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#9C255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C255E

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C255E	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D475F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9153E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.162 356.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6b8b',
    500: '#9c255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c255e;
$custom-light: #be6b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 331.261,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47277,
    "c": 0.16188,
    "h": 356.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C255E

secondary

#5EBF90

accent

#E59743

background

#FCF6F8

surface

#F8ECF0

border

#D1C7CB

text

#13070C

muted

#827A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C255E

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

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