#9f5572

Color #9f5572

A muted medium pink.

Closest named color Pale Violet Red #db7093 · ΔE 18.98 Nearest Tailwind class pink-700 #c6005c · ΔE 11.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9f5572

RGB

rgb(159, 85, 114)

HSL

hsl(336.5, 30.3%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(336.5, 46.5%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 28.3%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(45.75, 34.1, -2.78)

LCH

lch(45.75, 34.21, 355.34)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.1033, 356.17)

HWB

hwb(336.5, 33.3%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#559f82

Analogous

#9f5597

#9f5572

#9f5d55

Triadic

#9f5572

#729f55

#55729f

Split-complementary

#9f5572

#559f5d

#55979f

Tetradic

#9f5572

#9f8255

#559f82

#55729f

Square

#9f5572

#979f55

#559f82

#5d559f

Shades

Color #9f5572 mixed toward black.

#84475f

#6a394c

#4f2a39

#351c26

#1a0e13

Tints

Color #9f5572 mixed toward white.

#b26e89

#c18ba0

#d1a8b8

#e0c5d0

#f0e2e7

Tones

Color #9f5572 mixed toward gray.

#995b73

#936175

#8c6776

#866e77

#807479

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#85856c · ΔE 35.4

Deuteranopia

#898e6a · ΔE 40.3

Tritanopia

#9c6765 · ΔE 11.3

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9f5572;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9f5572]

Related colors

Lavender Blush #fff0f5

Pale Violet Red #db7093

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Deep Pink #ff1493

Crimson #dc143c

Pink #ffc0cb

Frequently asked questions

#9f5572 (#9f5572) is rgb(159, 85, 114) in RGB.

No, #9f5572 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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