#C9538E#C9538E

#C9538E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.162 H 351.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9538E
RGB	rgb(201, 83, 142)
HSL	hsl(330, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(330, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 29.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 52.96, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 53.71, 350.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.1608 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.162 351.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0645, 20.5602, 27.8658)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9538E #53C98E

analogous

#C953C9 #C9538E #C95353

triadic

#C9538E #8EC953 #538EC9

tetradic

#C9538E #C9C953 #53C98E #5353C9

square

#C9538E #C9C953 #53C98E #5353C9

split-complementary

#C9538E #53C953 #53C9C9

monochromatic

#7B2751 #AA356F #C9538E #D882AD #E6B0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#C9538E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#C9538E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9538E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9538E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9538E	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)

#637090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9538e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 83, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.162 351.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd89af',
    500: '#c9538e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9538e;
$custom-light: #dd89af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9538e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61149,
    "c": 0.16242,
    "h": 351.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9538E

secondary

#A3D4BC

accent

#DC944C

background

#FEF8FA

surface

#FCF0F4

border

#D5CBCE

text

#150C10

muted

#847D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9538E

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

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