#C9495C#C9495C

#C9495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.163 H 14.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9495C
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(351, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 54.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 52.19, 16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 54.80, 17.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.1571 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.163 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4042, 17.9590, 12.0938)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9495C #49C9B6

analogous

#C9499C #C9495C #C97649

triadic

#C9495C #5CC949 #495CC9

tetradic

#C9495C #9CC949 #49C9B6 #7649C9

square

#C9495C #9CC949 #49C9B6 #7649C9

split-complementary

#C9495C #49C976 #499CC9

monochromatic

#75232F #A43142 #C9495C #D77886 #E5A7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C9495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C9495C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9495C

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9495C	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	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)

#68655C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.163 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df828a',
    500: '#c9495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9495c;
$custom-light: #df828a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.094,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58451,
    "c": 0.16252,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9495C

secondary

#9CD2CA

accent

#DEC84A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9495C

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

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