#C9517D#C9517D

#C9517D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.158 H 0.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9517D
RGB	rgb(201, 81, 125)
HSL	hsl(338, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(338, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 37.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 51.83, -0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 51.83, 359.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1581 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.158 0.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7333, 19.7864, 21.5987)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9517D #51C99D

analogous

#C951B9 #C9517D #C96151

triadic

#C9517D #7DC951 #517DC9

tetradic

#C9517D #B9C951 #51C99D #6151C9

square

#C9517D #B9C951 #51C99D #6151C9

split-complementary

#C9517D #51C961 #51B9C9

monochromatic

#7A2645 #A9345F #C9517D #D780A0 #E6AEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#C9517D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#C9517D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9517D

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9517D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9517D	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86837A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9517d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 81, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.158 0.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd87a2',
    500: '#c9517d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9517d;
$custom-light: #dd87a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9517d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60327,
    "c": 0.15814,
    "h": 0.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9517D

secondary

#A2D4C2

accent

#DCA74C

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F2

border

#D5CBCC

text

#160C0F

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9517D

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

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