#C9596C#C9596C

#C9596C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.143 H 11.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9596C
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(350, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(350, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 46.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 46.29, 11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 47.68, 13.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.1402 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.143 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3687, 20.6484, 16.5707)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9596C #59C9B6

analogous

#C959A4 #C9596C #C97E59

triadic

#C9596C #6CC959 #596CC9

tetradic

#C9596C #A4C959 #59C9B6 #7E59C9

square

#C9596C #A4C959 #59C9B6 #7E59C9

split-complementary

#C9596C #59C97E #59A4C9

monochromatic

#7E2938 #AD384C #C9596C #D88795 #E7B5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#C9596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#C9596C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9596C

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9596C	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.143 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8c96',
    500: '#c9596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9596c;
$custom-light: #de8c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.821,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60906,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9596C

secondary

#A8D6CE

accent

#DAC24D

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F1

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9596C

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

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