#C9538B#C9538B

#C9538B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.161 H 353.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9538B
RGB	rgb(201, 83, 139)
HSL	hsl(332, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(332, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 30.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 52.58, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 53.09, 352.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1599 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.161 353.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8423, 20.4713, 26.6955)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9538B #53C991

analogous

#C953C6 #C9538B #C95653

triadic

#C9538B #8BC953 #538BC9

tetradic

#C9538B #C6C953 #53C991 #5653C9

square

#C9538B #C6C953 #53C991 #5653C9

split-complementary

#C9538B #53C956 #53C6C9

monochromatic

#7B274F #AA356C #C9538B #D882AA #E6B0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C9538B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#C9538B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9538B

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9538B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9538B	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64708D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9538b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 83, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.161 353.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd89ac',
    500: '#c9538b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9538b;
$custom-light: #dd89ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9538b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 331.525,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61043,
    "c": 0.16095,
    "h": 353.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9538B

secondary

#A3D4BD

accent

#DC984C

background

#FEF8FA

surface

#FCF0F4

border

#D5CBCE

text

#160C10

muted

#847D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9538B

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

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