#C9538C#C9538C

#C9538C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.161 H 352.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9538C
RGB	rgb(201, 83, 140)
HSL	hsl(331, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(331, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 30.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 52.71, -7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 53.29, 351.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1602 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.161 352.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9157, 20.5007, 27.0821)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9538C #53C990

analogous

#C953C7 #C9538C #C95553

triadic

#C9538C #8CC953 #538CC9

tetradic

#C9538C #C7C953 #53C990 #5553C9

square

#C9538C #C7C953 #53C990 #5553C9

split-complementary

#C9538C #53C955 #53C7C9

monochromatic

#7B274F #AA356D #C9538C #D882AB #E6B0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C9538C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C9538C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9538C

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9538C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9538C	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64708E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9538c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 83, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.161 352.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd89ad',
    500: '#c9538c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9538c;
$custom-light: #dd89ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9538c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 331.017,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61078,
    "c": 0.16143,
    "h": 352.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9538C

secondary

#A3D4BD

accent

#DC964C

background

#FEF8FA

surface

#FCF0F4

border

#D5CBCE

text

#150C10

muted

#847D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9538C

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

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