#C95656#C95656

#C95656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.147 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C95656
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 45.81, 23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 51.30, 26.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.136 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.147 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0974, 19.7486, 11.0819)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C95656 #56C9C9

analogous

#C95690 #C95656 #C99056

triadic

#C95656 #56C956 #5656C9

tetradic

#C95656 #90C956 #56C9C9 #9056C9

square

#C95656 #90C956 #56C9C9 #9056C9

split-complementary

#C95656 #56C990 #5690C9

monochromatic

#7D2828 #AB3737 #C95656 #D88484 #E7B3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#C95656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#C95656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C95656

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C95656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C95656	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c95656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.147 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8a85',
    500: '#c95656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c95656;
$custom-light: #df8a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c95656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59994,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C95656

secondary

#A6D5D5

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C95656

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

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