#C8596E#C8596E

#C8596E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.142 H 10.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8596E
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(349, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(349, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 45%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 46.15, 10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 47.23, 12.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.1399 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.142 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2083, 20.5532, 17.1252)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8596E #59C8B3

analogous

#C859A5 #C8596E #C87C59

triadic

#C8596E #6EC859 #596EC8

tetradic

#C8596E #A5C859 #59C8B3 #7C59C8

square

#C8596E #A5C859 #59C8B3 #7C59C8

split-complementary

#C8596E #59C87C #59A5C8

monochromatic

#7D2939 #AB394E #C8596E #D78796 #E6B5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#C8596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#C8596E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8596E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8596E	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C856C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.142 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c97',
    500: '#c8596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8596e;
$custom-light: #dd8c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.649,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60812,
    "c": 0.14233,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8596E

secondary

#A8D5CD

accent

#DABF4E

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F2

border

#D5CBCC

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8596E

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

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