#C56E79#C56E79

#C56E79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.110 H 12.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56E79
RGB	rgb(197, 110, 121)
HSL	hsl(352, 43%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(352, 44%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 38.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 35.57, 9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 36.75, 14.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1078 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.11 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0547, 24.4055, 21.1080)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56E79 #6EC5BA

analogous

#C56EA4 #C56E79 #C58F6E

triadic

#C56E79 #79C56E #6E79C5

tetradic

#C56E79 #A4C56E #6EC5BA #8F6EC5

square

#C56E79 #A4C56E #6EC5BA #8F6EC5

split-complementary

#C56E79 #6EC58F #6EA4C5

monochromatic

#84353F #B04654 #C56E79 #D69AA1 #E8C5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C56E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#C56E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56E79

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56E79	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 110, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.110 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9999f',
    500: '#c56e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56e79;
$custom-light: #d9999f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.414,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63864,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56E79

secondary

#B7D8D4

accent

#B6A530

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56E79

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

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