#C96465#C96465

#C96465 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.129 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96465
RGB	rgb(201, 100, 101)
HSL	hsl(359, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.2%, 49.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 40.16, 18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 44.12, 24.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.1204 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.129 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9957, 22.4748, 15.0151)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96465 #64C9C8

analogous

#C96498 #C96465 #C99664

triadic

#C96465 #65C964 #6465C9

tetradic

#C96465 #98C964 #64C9C8 #9664C9

square

#C96465 #98C964 #64C9C8 #9664C9

split-complementary

#C96465 #64C996 #6498C9

monochromatic

#842E2F #B23E3F #C96465 #D99192 #E9BFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C96465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#C96465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96465

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96465	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)

#7B7664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948A63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA5665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 100, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.129 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9290',
    500: '#c96465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96465;
$custom-light: #de9290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.406,
    "s": 48.325,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6234,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96465

secondary

#B1D8D8

accent

#D8D750

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF1F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160D0C

muted

#847E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96465

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

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