#C9505E#C9505E

#C9505E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.154 H 16.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9505E
RGB	rgb(201, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 49.25, 17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 52.14, 19.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.148 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.154 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9788, 18.9666, 12.7224)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9505E #50C9BB

analogous

#C9509A #C9505E #C97F50

triadic

#C9505E #5EC950 #505EC9

tetradic

#C9505E #9AC950 #50C9BB #7F50C9

square

#C9505E #9AC950 #50C9BB #7F50C9

split-complementary

#C9505E #50C97F #509AC9

monochromatic

#79252F #A83441 #C9505E #D77F89 #E6AEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C9505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C9505E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9505E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9505E	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#6C695E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B825B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.154 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df868b',
    500: '#c9505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9505e;
$custom-light: #df868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.058,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59365,
    "c": 0.15409,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9505E

secondary

#A1D4CE

accent

#DCCC4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9505E

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

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