#C9495B#C9495B

#C9495B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.162 H 15.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9495B
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 91)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(352, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 54.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 52.11, 17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 54.90, 18.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1567 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.162 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3607, 17.9416, 11.8651)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9495B #49C9B7

analogous

#C9499B #C9495B #C97749

triadic

#C9495B #5BC949 #495BC9

tetradic

#C9495B #9BC949 #49C9B7 #7749C9

square

#C9495B #9BC949 #49C9B7 #7749C9

split-complementary

#C9495B #49C977 #499BC9

monochromatic

#75232E #A43141 #C9495B #D77886 #E5A7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C9495B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C9495B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9495B

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9495B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9495B	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68655B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9495b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.162 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8289',
    500: '#c9495b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9495b;
$custom-light: #df8289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9495b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.563,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58428,
    "c": 0.16249,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9495B

secondary

#9CD2CB

accent

#DEC94A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9495B

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

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