#C8559D#C8559D

#C8559D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.167 H 344.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8559D
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 157)
HSL	hsl(322, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(322, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 21.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, 53.77, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 56.31, 342.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.1611 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.167 344.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1547, 21.2136, 34.2402)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8559D #55C880

analogous

#B955C8 #C8559D #C85563

triadic

#C8559D #9DC855 #559DC8

tetradic

#C8559D #C8B955 #55C880 #5563C8

square

#C8559D #C8B955 #55C880 #5563C8

split-complementary

#C8559D #63C855 #55C8B9

monochromatic

#7B285C #A9377E #C8559D #D783B8 #E6B1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#C8559D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#C8559D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8559D

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8559D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8559D	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F739F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8559d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.167 344.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8aba',
    500: '#c8559d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8559d;
$custom-light: #dc8aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8559d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.435,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61825,
    "c": 0.16707,
    "h": 344.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8559D

secondary

#A5D4B6

accent

#DB824D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBF0F6

border

#D4CBD0

text

#150C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8559D

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

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