Vampirella #9B2848

Vampirella (#9B2848) is a dark, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 9°, lightness 0.47 and chroma 0.151. 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#9B2848
RGBrgb(155, 40, 72)
HSLhsl(343, 59%, 38%)
HSVhsv(343, 74%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 74%, 54%, 39%)
CIE Lablab(35.9 49.2 9.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.467 0.151 9)

How Vampirella behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Vampirella shifts subtly: leans toward orange; 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.

Test Vampirella in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 7.52:1 and against black 2.79:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Vampirella

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.

#ea8e9e · #c86276 · #9b2848 · #7a0931 · #460017 · #180003

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.

#b66242 · #ab4542 · #9b2848 · #7e1d50 · #601451 · #430c4d

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.

#dba77d · #d57b0f · #976c47 · #9b2848 · #721431 · #4d001a

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.

#00e1d7 · #c48791 · #926f74 · #9b2848 · #602733 · #36151c

Quiet Support

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

#e3f7f5 · #c3a9ac · #697775 · #9b2848 · #533a3d · #000202

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.

#e7f5f4 · #bccdcc · #8ea19f · #0e2927 · #000706 · #9b2848

Complementary

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

#d0fcf8 · #33c9c0 · #00857f · #9b2848 · #004c49 · #120002

Split-complementary

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

#d0fcf8 · #64c894 · #00819b · #9b2848 · #004f30 · #000408

Triadic

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

#e8f8d8 · #99c06a · #0677c7 · #9b2848 · #004376 · #010500

Tetradic

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

#f9f3d1 · #c4b24f · #00857f · #9b2848 · #363583 · #000202

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#B04B61 · #C56B7C · #D98A97 · #ECAAB4 · #FECAD1

Shades

#841C3A · #6E0F2D · #590221 · #430016 · #2D000B

Muted

#8F384C · #834450 · #754D53

Using Vampirella

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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