#C9516F#C9516F

#C9516F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.154 H 7.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9516F
RGB	rgb(201, 81, 111)
HSL	hsl(345, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(345, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 44.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 50.34, 7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 50.94, 8.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.1531 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.154 7.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9012, 19.4535, 17.2161)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9516F #51C9AB

analogous

#C951AB #C9516F #C96F51

triadic

#C9516F #6FC951 #516FC9

tetradic

#C9516F #ABC951 #51C9AB #6F51C9

square

#C9516F #ABC951 #51C9AB #6F51C9

split-complementary

#C9516F #51C96F #51ABC9

monochromatic

#7A263B #A93451 #C9516F #D78096 #E6AEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C9516F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C9516F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9516F

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9516F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9516F	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89836C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9516f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 81, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.154 7.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8798',
    500: '#c9516f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9516f;
$custom-light: #de8798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9516f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59918,
    "c": 0.15445,
    "h": 7.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9516F

secondary

#A2D4C7

accent

#DCB84C

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F2

border

#D5CBCC

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9516F

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

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