#C5656D#C5656D

#C5656D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.122 H 16.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5656D
RGB	rgb(197, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(355, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(355, 49%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 44.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 38.96, 13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 41.14, 18.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1176 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.122 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4418, 22.2849, 17.1632)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5656D #65C5BD

analogous

#C5659D #C5656D #C58D65

triadic

#C5656D #6DC565 #656DC5

tetradic

#C5656D #9DC565 #65C5BD #8D65C5

square

#C5656D #9DC565 #65C5BD #8D65C5

split-complementary

#C5656D #65C58D #659DC5

monochromatic

#803037 #AC414A #C5656D #D69197 #E6BEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#C5656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#C5656D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5656D

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5656D	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79766D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91896B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55968

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.122 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9396',
    500: '#c5656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5656d;
$custom-light: #da9396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 45.283,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62128,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5656D

secondary

#B0D6D3

accent

#D5CA53

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF1F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5656D

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

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