#C8596C#C8596C

#C8596C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.142 H 11.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8596C
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(350, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(350, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 46%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 45.95, 11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 47.29, 13.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% 0.1391 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.142 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1007, 20.5102, 16.5581)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8596C #59C8B5

analogous

#C859A4 #C8596C #C87E59

triadic

#C8596C #6CC859 #596CC8

tetradic

#C8596C #A4C859 #59C8B5 #7E59C8

square

#C8596C #A4C859 #59C8B5 #7E59C8

split-complementary

#C8596C #59C87E #59A4C8

monochromatic

#7D2938 #AB394C #C8596C #D78795 #E6B5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C8596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C8596C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8596C

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8596C	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)

#706F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C856A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.142 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c96',
    500: '#c8596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8596c;
$custom-light: #dd8c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.73,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6076,
    "c": 0.1421,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8596C

secondary

#A8D5CD

accent

#DAC24E

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F1

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8596C

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

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