#C9599D#C9599D

#C9599D is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.162 H 345.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9599D
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 157)
HSL	hsl(324, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(324, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 21.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 52.21, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 54.45, 343.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1565 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.162 345.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7465, 21.9995, 34.3608)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9599D #59C985

analogous

#BD59C9 #C9599D #C95965

triadic

#C9599D #9DC959 #599DC9

tetradic

#C9599D #C9BD59 #59C985 #5965C9

square

#C9599D #C9BD59 #59C985 #5965C9

split-complementary

#C9599D #65C959 #59C9BD

monochromatic

#7E295D #AD387F #C9599D #D887B8 #E7B5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#C9599D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#C9599D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9599D

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9599D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9599D	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63759F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9599d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.162 345.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8dba',
    500: '#c9599d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9599d;
$custom-light: #dc8dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9599d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 323.571,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62481,
    "c": 0.16173,
    "h": 345.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9599D

secondary

#A8D6BA

accent

#DA854D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBF0F6

border

#D4CBD0

text

#150C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9599D

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

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