#C59DA2#C59DA2

#C59DA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.048 H 9.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59DA2
RGB	rgb(197, 157, 162)
HSL	hsl(353, 26%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(353, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 17.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 15.60, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 15.90, 11.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0473 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.048 9.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6046, 38.5944, 39.4333)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59DA2 #9DC5C0

analogous

#C59DB6 #C59DA2 #C5AC9D

triadic

#C59DA2 #A2C59D #9DA2C5

tetradic

#C59DA2 #B6C59D #9DC5C0 #AC9DC5

square

#C59DA2 #B6C59D #9DC5C0 #AC9DC5

split-complementary

#C59DA2 #9DC5AC #9DB6C5

monochromatic

#91565E #AE777E #C59DA2 #DCC3C6 #F3EAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C59DA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C59DA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59DA2

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59DA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59DA2	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59da2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 157, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.048 9.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7babd',
    500: '#c59da2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59da2;
$custom-light: #d7babd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59da2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 25.641,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.04799,
    "h": 9.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59DA2

secondary

#D9E5E3

accent

#A49841

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59DA2

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

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