#C8559E#C8559E

#C8559E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.168 H 344.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8559E
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 158)
HSL	hsl(322, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(322, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 21%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 53.91, -17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 56.61, 342.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1613 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.168 344.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2404, 21.2479, 34.6917)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8559E #55C87F

analogous

#B855C8 #C8559E #C85564

triadic

#C8559E #9EC855 #559EC8

tetradic

#C8559E #C8B855 #55C87F #5564C8

square

#C8559E #C8B855 #55C87F #5564C8

split-complementary

#C8559E #64C855 #55C8B8

monochromatic

#7B285D #A9377F #C8559E #D783B8 #E6B1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#C8559E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#C8559E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8559E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8559E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8559E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F73A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D45472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8559e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.168 344.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8aba',
    500: '#c8559e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8559e;
$custom-light: #dc8aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8559e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.913,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61865,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 344.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8559E

secondary

#A5D4B6

accent

#DB814D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBF0F6

border

#D4CBD0

text

#150C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8559E

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

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