#C65656#C65656

#C65656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.144 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65656
RGB	rgb(198, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 44.74, 22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 50.02, 26.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.133 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.144 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2986, 19.3367, 11.0444)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65656 #56C6C6

analogous

#C6568E #C65656 #C68E56

triadic

#C65656 #56C656 #5656C6

tetradic

#C65656 #8EC656 #56C6C6 #8E56C6

square

#C65656 #8EC656 #56C6C6 #8E56C6

split-complementary

#C65656 #56C68E #568EC6

monochromatic

#792929 #A73838 #C65656 #D58484 #E5B2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C65656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#C65656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65656

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65656	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.144 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8985',
    500: '#c65656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65656;
$custom-light: #dd8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59544,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65656

secondary

#A5D3D3

accent

#D9D94F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65656

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

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