#C9596E#C9596E

#C9596E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.143 H 10.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9596E
RGB	rgb(201, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(349, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(349, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 45.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 46.49, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 47.62, 12.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1409 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.143 10.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4763, 20.6914, 17.1377)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9596E #59C9B4

analogous

#C959A6 #C9596E #C97C59

triadic

#C9596E #6EC959 #596EC9

tetradic

#C9596E #A6C959 #59C9B4 #7C59C9

square

#C9596E #A6C959 #59C9B4 #7C59C9

split-complementary

#C9596E #59C97C #59A6C9

monochromatic

#7E2939 #AD384E #C9596E #D88796 #E7B5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#C9596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#C9596E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9596E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9596E	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70706E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D866B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.143 10.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8c97',
    500: '#c9596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9596e;
$custom-light: #de8c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60957,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 10.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9596E

secondary

#A8D6CD

accent

#DAC04D

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F2

border

#D5CBCC

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9596E

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

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