#C9636E#C9636E

#C9636E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.130 H 14.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9636E
RGB	rgb(201, 99, 110)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(354, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 45.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 41.55, 12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 43.53, 17.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.1255 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.13 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3657, 22.4702, 17.4342)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9636E #63C9BE

analogous

#C963A1 #C9636E #C98B63

triadic

#C9636E #6EC963 #636EC9

tetradic

#C9636E #A1C963 #63C9BE #8B63C9

square

#C9636E #A1C963 #63C9BE #8B63C9

split-complementary

#C9636E #63C98B #63A1C9

monochromatic

#842E37 #B13D4A #C9636E #D99098 #E8BEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C9636E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#C9636E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9636E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9636E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9636E	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78766E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D95667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9636e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 99, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.130 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9297',
    500: '#c9636e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9636e;
$custom-light: #dd9297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9636e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.529,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.624,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9636E

secondary

#B0D8D4

accent

#D8C950

background

#FEF9F9

surface

#FCF1F2

border

#D5CBCC

text

#160D0D

muted

#847E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9636E

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

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