#C59EA1#C59EA1

#C59EA1 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.047 H 13.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59EA1
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(355, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(355, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 18.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 14.90, 3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 15.41, 14.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0453 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.047 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6859, 38.8988, 39.0237)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59EA1 #9EC5C2

analogous

#C59EB5 #C59EA1 #C5AF9E

triadic

#C59EA1 #A1C59E #9EA1C5

tetradic

#C59EA1 #B5C59E #9EC5C2 #AF9EC5

square

#C59EA1 #B5C59E #9EC5C2 #AF9EC5

split-complementary

#C59EA1 #9EC5AF #9EB5C5

monochromatic

#92575C #AE787C #C59EA1 #DCC4C6 #F3EBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C59EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C59EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59EA1

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59EA1	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.047 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7babc',
    500: '#c59ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59ea1;
$custom-light: #d7babc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 25.161,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73565,
    "c": 0.04652,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59EA1

secondary

#DAE5E4

accent

#A49C42

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59EA1

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

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