#C96459#C96459

#C96459 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.131 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96459
RGB	rgb(201, 100, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.2%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 39.12, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 46.39, 32.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.1156 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.131 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4501, 22.2565, 12.1416)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96459 #59BEC9

analogous

#C95986 #C96459 #C99C59

triadic

#C96459 #59C964 #6459C9

tetradic

#C96459 #86C959 #59BEC9 #9C59C9

square

#C96459 #86C959 #59BEC9 #9C59C9

split-complementary

#C96459 #59C99C #5986C9

monochromatic

#7E3229 #AD4438 #C96459 #D88F87 #E7BAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#C96459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#C96459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96459

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96459	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 100, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.131 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9288',
    500: '#c96459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96459;
$custom-light: #de9288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.893,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62091,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96459

secondary

#A8D1D6

accent

#CDDA4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF1EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96459

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

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