#C9499B#C9499B

#C9499B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.184 H 344.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9499B
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 155)
HSL	hsl(322, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(322, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 22.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 59.03, -18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 61.82, 342.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1776 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.184 344.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3874, 19.5523, 33.0723)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9499B #49C977

analogous

#B749C9 #C9499B #C9495B

triadic

#C9499B #9BC949 #499BC9

tetradic

#C9499B #C9B749 #49C977 #495BC9

square

#C9499B #C9B749 #49C977 #495BC9

split-complementary

#C9499B #5BC949 #49C9B7

monochromatic

#752357 #A4317B #C9499B #D778B5 #E5A7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C9499B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C9499B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9499B

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9499B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9499B	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6486B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9499b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.184 344.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd84b8',
    500: '#c9499b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9499b;
$custom-light: #dd84b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9499b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.563,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60462,
    "c": 0.18415,
    "h": 344.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9499B

secondary

#9CD2AF

accent

#DE7F4A

background

#FEF8FB

surface

#FCF0F6

border

#D5CBD0

text

#160B11

muted

#847C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9499B

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

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