#C9656D#C9656D

#C9656D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.127 H 16.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9656D
RGB	rgb(201, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(355, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(355, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.8%, 45.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 40.43, 14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 42.81, 19.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.1219 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.127 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5034, 22.8322, 17.2130)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9656D #65C9C1

analogous

#C9659F #C9656D #C98F65

triadic

#C9656D #6DC965 #656DC9

tetradic

#C9656D #9FC965 #65C9C1 #8F65C9

square

#C9656D #9FC965 #65C9C1 #8F65C9

split-complementary

#C9656D #65C98F #659FC9

monochromatic

#852F36 #B23F48 #C9656D #D99298 #E9C0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C9656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C9656D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9656D

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9656D	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A776D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D95868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.127 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9396',
    500: '#c9656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9656d;
$custom-light: #dd9396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.2,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62677,
    "c": 0.12714,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9656D

secondary

#B1D8D5

accent

#D8CD50

background

#FEF9F9

surface

#FCF1F2

border

#D5CBCC

text

#160D0D

muted

#847E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9656D

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

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