#C9599E#C9599E

#C9599E is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.162 H 344.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9599E
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 158)
HSL	hsl(323, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(323, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 21.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 52.36, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 54.73, 343.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.1568 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.162 344.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8322, 22.0338, 34.8122)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9599E #59C984

analogous

#BC59C9 #C9599E #C95966

triadic

#C9599E #9EC959 #599EC9

tetradic

#C9599E #C9BC59 #59C984 #5966C9

square

#C9599E #C9BC59 #59C984 #5966C9

split-complementary

#C9599E #66C959 #59C9BC

monochromatic

#7E295E #AD3880 #C9599E #D887B9 #E7B5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#C9599E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#C9599E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9599E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9599E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9599E	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6375A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9599e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.162 344.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8dba',
    500: '#c9599e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9599e;
$custom-light: #dc8dba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9599e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 323.036,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6252,
    "c": 0.16235,
    "h": 344.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9599E

secondary

#A8D6BA

accent

#DA844D

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FBF0F6

border

#D4CBD0

text

#150C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9599E

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

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