#C59EA0#C59EA0

#C59EA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.046 H 14.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59EA0
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(357, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(357, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 18.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 14.74, 4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 15.40, 16.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0449 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.046 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5981, 38.8637, 38.5611)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59EA0 #9EC5C3

analogous

#C59EB4 #C59EA0 #C5B09E

triadic

#C59EA0 #A0C59E #9EA0C5

tetradic

#C59EA0 #B4C59E #9EC5C3 #B09EC5

square

#C59EA0 #B4C59E #9EC5C3 #B09EC5

split-complementary

#C59EA0 #9EC5B0 #9EB4C5

monochromatic

#92575A #AE787A #C59EA0 #DCC4C6 #F3EBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C59EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C59EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59EA0

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59EA0	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.046 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7babc',
    500: '#c59ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59ea0;
$custom-light: #d7babc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 25.161,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73537,
    "c": 0.04646,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59EA0

secondary

#DAE5E4

accent

#A49F42

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59EA0

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

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