#C59EA3#C59EA3

#C59EA3 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.047 H 9.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59EA3
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(352, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(352, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 17.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 15.21, 2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 15.49, 10.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0461 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.047 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8637, 38.9699, 39.9600)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59EA3 #9EC5C0

analogous

#C59EB7 #C59EA3 #C5AD9E

triadic

#C59EA3 #A3C59E #9EA3C5

tetradic

#C59EA3 #B7C59E #9EC5C0 #AD9EC5

square

#C59EA3 #B7C59E #9EC5C0 #AD9EC5

split-complementary

#C59EA3 #9EC5AD #9EB7C5

monochromatic

#92575F #AE787F #C59EA3 #DCC4C7 #F3EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C59EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C59EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59EA3

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59EA3	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)

#A4A4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.047 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7babe',
    500: '#c59ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59ea3;
$custom-light: #d7babe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.308,
    "s": 25.161,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73622,
    "c": 0.04674,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59EA3

secondary

#DAE5E4

accent

#A49742

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59EA3

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

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