#C9516D#C9516D

#C9516D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.154 H 8.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9516D
RGB	rgb(201, 81, 109)
HSL	hsl(346, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(346, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 45.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 50.15, 8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 50.92, 10.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1524 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.154 8.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7923, 19.4100, 16.6426)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9516D #51C9AD

analogous

#C951A9 #C9516D #C97151

triadic

#C9516D #6DC951 #516DC9

tetradic

#C9516D #A9C951 #51C9AD #7151C9

square

#C9516D #A9C951 #51C9AD #7151C9

split-complementary

#C9516D #51C971 #51A9C9

monochromatic

#7A2639 #A9344F #C9516D #D78094 #E6AEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#C9516D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#C9516D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9516D

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9516D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9516D	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89836A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9516d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 81, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.154 8.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8796',
    500: '#c9516d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9516d;
$custom-light: #de8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9516d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59864,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 8.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9516D

secondary

#A2D4C8

accent

#DCBA4C

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F2

border

#D5CBCC

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9516D

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

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