#C9596B#C9596B

#C9596B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.143 H 12.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9596B
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(350, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(350, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 46.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.54, 46.20, 11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.54, 47.73, 14.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.1398 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.143 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3158, 20.6272, 16.2920)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9596B #59C9B7

analogous

#C959A3 #C9596B #C97F59

triadic

#C9596B #6BC959 #596BC9

tetradic

#C9596B #A3C959 #59C9B7 #7F59C9

square

#C9596B #A3C959 #59C9B7 #7F59C9

split-complementary

#C9596B #59C97F #59A3C9

monochromatic

#7E2937 #AD384B #C9596B #D88794 #E7B5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#C9596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#C9596B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9596B

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9596B	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.143 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8c95',
    500: '#c9596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9596b;
$custom-light: #de8c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.357,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6088,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9596B

secondary

#A8D6CE

accent

#DAC44D

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F1

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9596B

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

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