#C49596#C49596

#C49596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.057 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C49596
RGB	rgb(196, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(359, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 23.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 17.79, 6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 18.88, 19.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0542 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.057 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0179, 35.4345, 33.6326)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C49596 #95C4C3

analogous

#C495AE #C49596 #C4AB95

triadic

#C49596 #96C495 #9596C4

tetradic

#C49596 #AEC495 #95C4C3 #AB95C4

square

#C49596 #AEC495 #95C4C3 #AB95C4

split-complementary

#C49596 #95C4AB #95AEC4

monochromatic

#8F5051 #AE6E6F #C49596 #DABCBD #F0E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C49596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C49596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C49596

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C49596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C49596	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c49596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.057 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b4b4',
    500: '#c49596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c49596;
$custom-light: #d6b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c49596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.723,
    "s": 28.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7144,
    "c": 0.05677,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C49596

secondary

#D3E2E1

accent

#A7A53E

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #C49596

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

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