#C96555#C96555

#C96555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.131 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96555
RGB	rgb(201, 101, 85)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.8%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, 38.29, 27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 47.09, 35.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1124 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.131 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3832, 22.3842, 11.3131)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96555 #55B9C9

analogous

#C9557F #C96555 #C99F55

triadic

#C96555 #55C965 #6555C9

tetradic

#C96555 #7FC955 #55B9C9 #9F55C9

square

#C96555 #7FC955 #55B9C9 #9F55C9

split-complementary

#C96555 #55C99F #557FC9

monochromatic

#7C3327 #AB4636 #C96555 #D88F83 #E7B9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#C96555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#C96555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96555

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96555	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 101, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.131 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9385',
    500: '#c96555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96555;
$custom-light: #de9385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96555

secondary

#A5CED5

accent

#C8DB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF1EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96555

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

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