Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind pink-800 #9D174D

Tailwind CSS v3's pink-800 is #9D174D. It is a dark soft wine in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.459, chroma 0.170 and hue 3.8°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumvioletred (#C71585), ΔE2000 12.6 away.

Relative luminance: 0.0832
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.459 · 0.170 · 3.8
Best text: White 7.88:1
Hue family: Pink

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#9D174D color codes

HEX: #9D174D
RGB: rgb(157, 23, 77)
HSL: hsl(336, 74%, 35%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.459 0.170 3.8)
OKLab: oklab(0.459 0.169 0.011)
CIELAB (D65): L* 34.64, a* 55.21, b* 4.22
XYZ (D65): X 15.55, Y 8.32, Z 7.81
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 85%, 51%, 38%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #9D174D accessible?

White text on it reaches 7.88:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.66:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

2.66:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +18
White text on it

7.88:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −90
As text on black

2.66:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −16
As text on white

7.88:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +85

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#9D174D 7.88:1

It already reaches 7.88:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#C84570 4.54:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.46 to 0.58 reaches 4.54:1 on black, keeping the hue.

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Studio

Adjust #9D174D live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #9D174D

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #9D174D sits at step 700.

50#FFF1F4

White
1.09
Black
19.14
100#FFE3E9

White
1.20
Black
17.41
200#FFC6D2

White
1.47
Black
14.26
300#FF9CB5

White
1.96
Black
10.67
400#F36F96

White
2.79
Black
7.52
500#D5517B

White
3.96
Black
5.29
600#B93764

White
5.53
Black
3.79
700This color#9D174D

White
7.88
Black
2.66
800#790037

White
11.24
Black
1.86
900#510023

White
15.28
Black
1.37
950#310012

White
18.43
Black
1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 pink scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

50#FDF2F8
White
1.09
Black
19.23
100#FCE7F3
White
1.17
Black
17.86
200#FBCFE8
White
1.38
Black
15.19
300#F9A8D4
White
1.81
Black
11.57
400#F472B6
White
2.64
Black
7.92
500#EC4899
White
3.52
Black
5.95
600#DB2777
White
4.59
Black
4.56
700#BE185D
White
6.03
Black
3.47
800This color#9D174D

White
7.88
Black
2.66
900#831843
White
9.64
Black
2.17
950#500724
White
15.03
Black
1.39

Gamut

How vivid #9D174D can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.185; #9D174D uses 92% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.208 there: 13% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.170
sRGB edge: 0.185
Display P3 edge: 0.208
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.244
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 496 nm
Excitation purity: 57%
Chromaticity: x 0.4909, y 0.2626

This color#9D174D
Most vivid in sRGB#A2004C
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.459 0.208 3.8)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #9d174d;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.6068 0 0.2917); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #9D174D

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#CE8BA6
OKLab50%#D591A1
OKLCH50%#D591A1

Black #000000

sRGB50%#4F0C27
OKLab50%#3A0418
OKLCH50%#3A0418

Its complement #00665D

sRGB50%#4F3F55
OKLab50%#6D4D55
OKLCH50%#434F9C

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #9d174d, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #9d174d 50%, white);

In use

#9D174D in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:17.88:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.88:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:17.88:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.88:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:17.88:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.37:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.37:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.37:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #D34F79 4.60:1

Color vision

How #9D174D looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 33.0; tritanopia changes it least, 10.0.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#3C414E ΔE2000 28.1

Distinct

Reads as dark grayish blue
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#5F5B4A ΔE2000 33.0

Distinct

Reads as dark grayish brown
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#AB0030 ΔE2000 10.0

Distinct

Reads as dark vivid red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#515151 ΔE2000 25.6

Distinct

Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00665D. Their lightness contrast is only 1.14:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#9D174D · #00665D	49.5	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#3C414E · #605F5D	13.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#5F5B4A · #54575E	13.4	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#AB0030 · #006863	55.0	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#515151 · #5A5A5A	3.2	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #9D174D

Its complement is #00665D, a dark muted teal, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#9D174D
Complement#00665D

Complementary

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−30°#8B257E
Base#9D174D
+30°#9F2100

Analogous

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Base#9D174D
+120°#4B6100
+240°#005C91

Triadic

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Base#9D174D
+150°#006A38
+210°#006373

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-pink-800: #9d174d;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as pink-800;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        pink: { 800: '#9d174d' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own pink-800; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-pink-800: oklch(0.459 0.170 3.8);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "pink-800": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6157, 0.0902, 0.302],
        "hex": "#9d174d"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 pink-800"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let pink800 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.616, green: 0.090, blue: 0.302, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Pink800 = Color(0xFF9D174D)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Tailwind pink-800 #9D174D

#9D174D color codes

Contrast: is #9D174D accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #9D174D live

Shades and tints of #9D174D

Tailwind CSS v3 pink scale

How vivid #9D174D can get

Mixing #9D174D

#9D174D in an interface

How #9D174D looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #9D174D

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

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