#C9656A#C9656A

#C9656A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.127 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9656A
RGB	rgb(201, 101, 106)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(357, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.8%, 47.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 40.13, 15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 43.11, 21.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.1208 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.127 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3447, 22.7688, 16.3770)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9656A #65C9C4

analogous

#C9659C #C9656A #C99265

triadic

#C9656A #6AC965 #656AC9

tetradic

#C9656A #9CC965 #65C9C4 #9265C9

square

#C9656A #9CC965 #65C9C4 #9265C9

split-complementary

#C9656A #65C992 #659CC9

monochromatic

#852F33 #B23F44 #C9656A #D99296 #E9C0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C9656A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#C9656A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9656A

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9656A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9656A	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B776A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA5867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9656a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 101, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.127 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9394',
    500: '#c9656a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9656a;
$custom-light: #dd9394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9656a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62606,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9656A

secondary

#B1D8D6

accent

#D8D150

background

#FEF9F9

surface

#FCF1F1

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160D0D

muted

#847E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9656A

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

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