#C9538D#C9538D

#C9538D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.162 H 352.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9538D
RGB	rgb(201, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(331, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(331, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 29.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 52.83, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 53.50, 350.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.1605 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.162 352.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9898, 20.5303, 27.4722)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9538D #53C98F

analogous

#C953C8 #C9538D #C95453

triadic

#C9538D #8DC953 #538DC9

tetradic

#C9538D #C8C953 #53C98F #5453C9

square

#C9538D #C8C953 #53C98F #5453C9

split-complementary

#C9538D #53C954 #53C8C9

monochromatic

#7B2750 #AA356E #C9538D #D882AC #E6B0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#C9538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#C9538D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9538D

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9538D	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63708F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.162 352.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd89ae',
    500: '#c9538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9538d;
$custom-light: #dd89ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330.508,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61113,
    "c": 0.16192,
    "h": 352.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9538D

secondary

#A3D4BC

accent

#DC954C

background

#FEF8FA

surface

#FCF0F4

border

#D5CBCE

text

#150C10

muted

#847D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9538D

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

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