#C9535B#C9535B

#C9535B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.150 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9535B
RGB	rgb(201, 83, 91)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 54.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 47.62, 19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 51.47, 22.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.1425 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.15 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0714, 19.3629, 12.1020)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9535B #53C9C1

analogous

#C95396 #C9535B #C98653

triadic

#C9535B #5BC953 #535BC9

tetradic

#C9535B #96C953 #53C9C1 #8653C9

square

#C9535B #96C953 #53C9C1 #8653C9

split-complementary

#C9535B #53C986 #5396C9

monochromatic

#7B272C #AA353D #C9535B #D88287 #E6B0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#C9535B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#C9535B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9535B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9535B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9535B	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9535b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 83, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.150 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8889',
    500: '#c9535b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9535b;
$custom-light: #df8889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9535b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.932,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59692,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9535B

secondary

#A3D4D1

accent

#DCD24C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9535B

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

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