#C9259E#C9259E

#C9259E is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.226 H 341.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9259E
RGB	rgb(201, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(316, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(316, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.6%, 21.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 71.24, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 75.99, 339.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.2143 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.226 341.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9216, 16.2126, 33.8420)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9259E #25C950

analogous

#A225C9 #C9259E #C9254C

triadic

#C9259E #9EC925 #259EC9

tetradic

#C9259E #C9A225 #25C950 #254CC9

square

#C9259E #C9A225 #25C950 #254CC9

split-complementary

#C9259E #4CC925 #25C9A2

monochromatic

#62124D #951B75 #C9259E #DE4DB8 #E881CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#C9259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C9259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C9259E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C9259E	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#375FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D799A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D62961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.226 341.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de74bb',
    500: '#c9259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9259e;
$custom-light: #de74bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315.732,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57537,
    "c": 0.2258,
    "h": 341.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9259E

secondary

#79D090

accent

#EC6A3C

background

#FEF7FB

surface

#FCEEF6

border

#D5C9D0

text

#160A11

muted

#847C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9259E

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

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