#C9505C#C9505C

#C9505C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.154 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9505C
RGB	rgb(201, 80, 92)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 54.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 49.09, 18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 52.38, 20.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1472 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.154 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8903, 18.9311, 12.2559)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9505C #50C9BD

analogous

#C95098 #C9505C #C98150

triadic

#C9505C #5CC950 #505CC9

tetradic

#C9505C #98C950 #50C9BD #8150C9

square

#C9505C #98C950 #50C9BD #8150C9

split-complementary

#C9505C #50C981 #5098C9

monochromatic

#79252E #A8343F #C9505C #D77F88 #E6AEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C9505C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C9505C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9505C

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9505C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9505C	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D695C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9505c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 80, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.154 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df868a',
    500: '#c9505c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9505c;
$custom-light: #df868a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9505c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.05,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5932,
    "c": 0.15409,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9505C

secondary

#A1D4CF

accent

#DCCE4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9505C

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

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