#C96042#C96042

#C96042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.141 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96042
RGB	rgb(201, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(13, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 39.55, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 53.83, 42.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1131 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.141 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2563, 21.1802, 7.7007)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96042 #42ABC9

analogous

#C94268 #C96042 #C9A342

triadic

#C96042 #42C960 #6042C9

tetradic

#C96042 #68C942 #42ABC9 #A342C9

square

#C96042 #68C942 #42ABC9 #A342C9

split-complementary

#C96042 #42C9A3 #4268C9

monochromatic

#703220 #A0472E #C96042 #D78872 #E4B0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#C96042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#C96042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96042

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96042	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.141 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08f77',
    500: '#c96042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96042;
$custom-light: #e08f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61101,
    "c": 0.14123,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96042

secondary

#96C4D1

accent

#BEDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96042

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

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