#C9495F#C9495F

#C9495F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.163 H 13.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9495F
RGB	rgb(201, 73, 95)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 52.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 52.43, 14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 54.53, 15.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.1582 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.163 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5379, 18.0125, 12.7982)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9495F #49C9B3

analogous

#C9499F #C9495F #C97349

triadic

#C9495F #5FC949 #495FC9

tetradic

#C9495F #9FC949 #49C9B3 #7349C9

square

#C9495F #9FC949 #49C9B3 #7349C9

split-complementary

#C9495F #49C973 #499FC9

monochromatic

#752331 #A43145 #C9495F #D77888 #E5A7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C9495F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C9495F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9495F

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9495F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9495F	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#67655F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9495f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 73, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.163 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df828c',
    500: '#c9495f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9495f;
$custom-light: #df828c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9495f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.688,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58521,
    "c": 0.16267,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9495F

secondary

#9CD2C9

accent

#DEC44A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9495F

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

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