#9C257E#9C257E

#9C257E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.179 H 340.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C257E
RGB	rgb(156, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(315, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(315, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 19.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.66, 56.57, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.66, 60.87, 338.34°)
OKLab	oklab(48.64% 0.1689 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(48.64% 0.179 340.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1383, 9.8992, 20.6901)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C257E #259C43

analogous

#7E259C #9C257E #9C2542

triadic

#9C257E #7E9C25 #257E9C

tetradic

#9C257E #9C7E25 #259C43 #25429C

square

#9C257E #9C7E25 #259C43 #25429C

split-complementary

#9C257E #429C25 #259C7E

monochromatic

#390E2E #6B1956 #9C257E #CD31A6 #DA62BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#9C257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#9C257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C257E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C257E	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E4D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5294F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.179 340.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6ca3',
    500: '#9c257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c257e;
$custom-light: #bd6ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315.126,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4864,
    "c": 0.17948,
    "h": 340.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C257E

secondary

#5EBF76

accent

#E56C43

background

#FCF6FA

surface

#F8ECF4

border

#D1C7CE

text

#13080F

muted

#827A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C257E

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

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