#C9495D#C9495D

#C9495D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.163 H 14.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9495D
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 93)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(351, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 53.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 52.27, 16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 54.70, 17.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1574 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.163 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4482, 17.9766, 12.3256)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9495D #49C9B5

analogous

#C9499D #C9495D #C97549

triadic

#C9495D #5DC949 #495DC9

tetradic

#C9495D #9DC949 #49C9B5 #7549C9

square

#C9495D #9DC949 #49C9B5 #7549C9

split-complementary

#C9495D #49C975 #499DC9

monochromatic

#752330 #A43143 #C9495D #D77887 #E5A7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C9495D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C9495D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9495D

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9495D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9495D	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)

#67655D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9495d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.163 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df828a',
    500: '#c9495d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9495d;
$custom-light: #df828a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9495d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58474,
    "c": 0.16256,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9495D

secondary

#9CD2CA

accent

#DEC74A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9495D

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

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