#C8509D#C8509D

#C8509D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.175 H 344.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8509D
RGB	rgb(200, 80, 157)
HSL	hsl(322, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(322, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 21.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 56.02, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 58.84, 342.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.1679 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.175 344.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7748, 20.4540, 34.1136)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8509D #50C87B

analogous

#B750C8 #C8509D #C85061

triadic

#C8509D #9DC850 #509DC8

tetradic

#C8509D #C8B750 #50C87B #5061C8

square

#C8509D #C8B750 #50C87B #5061C8

split-complementary

#C8509D #61C850 #50C8B7

monochromatic

#78265A #A6347E #C8509D #D77FB7 #E5ADD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C8509D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#C8509D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8509D

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8509D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8509D	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A709F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D849A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8509d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 80, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.175 344.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc87ba',
    500: '#c8509d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8509d;
$custom-light: #dc87ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8509d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61207,
    "c": 0.17459,
    "h": 344.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8509D

secondary

#A1D3B3

accent

#DC804C

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBF0F6

border

#D4CBD0

text

#150C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8509D

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

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