#C59EA2#C59EA2

#C59EA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.047 H 11.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59EA2
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(354, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(354, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 17.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 15.05, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 15.44, 12.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0457 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.047 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7745, 38.9342, 39.4900)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59EA2 #9EC5C1

analogous

#C59EB6 #C59EA2 #C5AE9E

triadic

#C59EA2 #A2C59E #9EA2C5

tetradic

#C59EA2 #B6C59E #9EC5C1 #AE9EC5

square

#C59EA2 #B6C59E #9EC5C1 #AE9EC5

split-complementary

#C59EA2 #9EC5AE #9EB6C5

monochromatic

#92575D #AE787D #C59EA2 #DCC4C7 #F3EBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C59EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C59EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59EA2

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59EA2	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.047 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7babd',
    500: '#c59ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59ea2;
$custom-light: #d7babd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.846,
    "s": 25.161,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73594,
    "c": 0.04661,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59EA2

secondary

#DAE5E4

accent

#A49A42

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59EA2

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

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