#C59EA5#C59EA5

#C59EA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.047 H 6.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59EA5
RGB	rgb(197, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(349, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(349, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 16.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 15.53, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 15.64, 6.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0469 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.047 6.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0443, 39.0421, 40.9112)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59EA5 #9EC5BE

analogous

#C59EB9 #C59EA5 #C5AB9E

triadic

#C59EA5 #A5C59E #9EA5C5

tetradic

#C59EA5 #B9C59E #9EC5BE #AB9EC5

square

#C59EA5 #B9C59E #9EC5BE #AB9EC5

split-complementary

#C59EA5 #9EC5AB #9EB9C5

monochromatic

#925762 #AE7881 #C59EA5 #DCC4C9 #F3EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C59EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C59EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59EA5

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59EA5	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.047 6.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7babf',
    500: '#c59ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59ea5;
$custom-light: #d7babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.231,
    "s": 25.161,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7368,
    "c": 0.04714,
    "h": 6.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59EA5

secondary

#DAE5E3

accent

#A49242

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59EA5

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

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