#C9495E#C9495E

#C9495E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.163 H 13.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9495E
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 52.35, 15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 54.61, 16.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1578 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.163 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4928, 17.9944, 12.5604)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9495E #49C9B4

analogous

#C9499E #C9495E #C97449

triadic

#C9495E #5EC949 #495EC9

tetradic

#C9495E #9EC949 #49C9B4 #7449C9

square

#C9495E #9EC949 #49C9B4 #7449C9

split-complementary

#C9495E #49C974 #499EC9

monochromatic

#752330 #A43144 #C9495E #D77888 #E5A7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C9495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C9495E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9495E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9495E	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67655E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.163 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df828b',
    500: '#c9495e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9495e;
$custom-light: #df828b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.156,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58497,
    "c": 0.16261,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9495E

secondary

#9CD2C9

accent

#DEC54A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9495E

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

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