#C9565C#C9565C

#C9565C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.147 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9565C
RGB	rgb(201, 86, 92)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(357, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 54.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 46.29, 19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 50.31, 23.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.1384 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.147 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3494, 19.8493, 12.4089)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9565C #56C9C3

analogous

#C95696 #C9565C #C98A56

triadic

#C9565C #5CC956 #565CC9

tetradic

#C9565C #96C956 #56C9C3 #8A56C9

square

#C9565C #96C956 #56C9C3 #8A56C9

split-complementary

#C9565C #56C98A #5696C9

monochromatic

#7D282C #AB373D #C9565C #D88489 #E7B3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C9565C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#C9565C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9565C

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9565C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9565C	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9565c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 86, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.147 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8a8a',
    500: '#c9565c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9565c;
$custom-light: #df8a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9565c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.87,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60118,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9565C

secondary

#A6D5D3

accent

#DBD44D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9565C

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

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