#C96C59#C96C59

#C96C59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.122 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C59
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 89)
HSL	hsl(10, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(10, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 34.97, 27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 44.23, 37.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.1027 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.122 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2554, 23.8672, 12.4101)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C59 #59B6C9

analogous

#C9597E #C96C59 #C9A459

triadic

#C96C59 #59C96C #6C59C9

tetradic

#C96C59 #7EC959 #59B6C9 #A459C9

square

#C96C59 #7EC959 #59B6C9 #A459C9

split-complementary

#C96C59 #59C9A4 #597EC9

monochromatic

#7E3829 #AD4C38 #C96C59 #D89587 #E7BEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C96C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#C96C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C59

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C59	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA5D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.122 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9888',
    500: '#c96c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c59;
$custom-light: #de9888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.179,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63353,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C59

secondary

#A8CED6

accent

#C2DA4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C59

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

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