Mulberry #920A4E

Mulberry (#920A4E) is a dark, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 359°, lightness 0.43 and chroma 0.169. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#920A4E
RGBrgb(146, 10, 78)
HSLhsl(330, 87%, 31%)
HSVhsv(330, 93%, 57%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 93%, 47%, 43%)
CIE Lablab(31.5 55 -1.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.432 0.169 359)

How Mulberry behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Mulberry shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 8.84:1 and against black 2.38:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Mulberry

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#e27fa1 · #c0537b · #920a4e · #6c0037 · #380019 · #0e0003

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#b2503f · #a53144 · #920a4e · #720355 · #530055 · #35004e

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#d89772 · #d56600 · #935d3d · #920a4e · #670034 · #3d001c

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00e3c6 · #bb7a8e · #89636e · #920a4e · #571a32 · #2d0a18

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e2f7f2 · #bea3aa · #5f6d6a · #920a4e · #4a3038 · #000201

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f2 · #bdceca · #8fa29d · #112a25 · #000805 · #920a4e

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#cefef2 · #00c6ad · #007b6b · #920a4e · #004339 · #0e0003

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#cefef2 · #67c37b · #007786 · #920a4e · #004619 · #000304

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#eef7d1 · #a2b74b · #0071a6 · #920a4e · #003d5c · #010100

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fff1cd · #cda631 · #007b6b · #920a4e · #1d2c81 · #000302

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#A93C67 · #C05F82 · #D5819D · #EAA3B9 · #FEC6D6

Shades

#7D0041 · #670034 · #510028 · #3D001C · #2A0011

Muted

#86274E · #7A374F · #6C424F

Using Mulberry

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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