#C96969#C96969

#C96969 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.122 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96969
RGB	rgb(201, 105, 105)
HSL	hsl(0, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 48%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 47.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 37.97, 17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 41.78, 24.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.114 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.122 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6908, 23.5438, 16.2373)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96969 #69C9C9

analogous

#C96999 #C96969 #C99969

triadic

#C96969 #69C969 #6969C9

tetradic

#C96969 #99C969 #69C9C9 #9969C9

square

#C96969 #99C969 #69C9C9 #9969C9

split-complementary

#C96969 #69C999 #6999C9

monochromatic

#873131 #B44141 #C96969 #D99696 #E9C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C96969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C96969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96969

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96969	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968D67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D95C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 105, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.122 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9693',
    500: '#c96969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96969;
$custom-light: #dd9693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63203,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96969

secondary

#B4D9D9

accent

#D7D751

background

#FEF9F9

surface

#FCF2F1

border

#D5CCCB

text

#160D0D

muted

#847E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96969

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

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