#C96859#C96859

#C96859 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.126 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96859
RGB	rgb(201, 104, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 37.06, 26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 45.27, 35.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.1092 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.126 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8432, 23.0428, 12.2727)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96859 #59BAC9

analogous

#C95982 #C96859 #C9A059

triadic

#C96859 #59C968 #6859C9

tetradic

#C96859 #82C959 #59BAC9 #A059C9

square

#C96859 #82C959 #59BAC9 #A059C9

split-complementary

#C96859 #59C9A0 #5982C9

monochromatic

#7E3529 #AD4838 #C96859 #D89287 #E7BCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C96859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C96859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96859

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96859	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 104, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.126 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9588',
    500: '#c96859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96859;
$custom-light: #de9588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.036,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62714,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96859

secondary

#A8D0D6

accent

#C8DA4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96859

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

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