#C8596B#C8596B

#C8596B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.142 H 12.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8596B
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(350, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(350, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 46.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 45.85, 11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 47.33, 14.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.1388 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.142 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0477, 20.4890, 16.2795)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8596B #59C8B6

analogous

#C859A3 #C8596B #C87F59

triadic

#C8596B #6BC859 #596BC8

tetradic

#C8596B #A3C859 #59C8B6 #7F59C8

square

#C8596B #A3C859 #59C8B6 #7F59C8

split-complementary

#C8596B #59C87F #59A3C8

monochromatic

#7D2937 #AB394B #C8596B #D78794 #E6B5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C8596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C8596B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8596B

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8596B	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.142 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c95',
    500: '#c8596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8596b;
$custom-light: #dd8c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.27,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60735,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8596B

secondary

#A8D5CE

accent

#DAC34E

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F1

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8596B

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

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