#A9538D#A9538D

#A9538D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.133 H 341.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9538D
RGB	rgb(169, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(320, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(320, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 16.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 42.68, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 45.59, 339.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.1261 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.133 341.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2635, 16.5464, 27.1100)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9538D #53A96F

analogous

#9A53A9 #A9538D #A95362

triadic

#A9538D #8DA953 #538DA9

tetradic

#A9538D #A99A53 #53A96F #5362A9

square

#A9538D #A99A53 #53A96F #5362A9

split-complementary

#A9538D #62A953 #53A99A

monochromatic

#572B49 #803F6B #A9538D #BE7BA8 #D2A4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A9538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A9538D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9538D

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9538D	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58698F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F768B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.133 341.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c586ae',
    500: '#a9538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9538d;
$custom-light: #c586ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.535,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56624,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 341.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9538D

secondary

#98C0A5

accent

#CA815E

background

#FCF8FA

surface

#F8F0F4

border

#D1CBCE

text

#130B10

muted

#827C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9538D

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

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