#C96E55#C96E55

#C96E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.121 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E55
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(13, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(13, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 33.59, 29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 44.92, 41.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.0979 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.121 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3054, 24.2285, 11.6205)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E55 #55B0C9

analogous

#C95576 #C96E55 #C9A855

triadic

#C96E55 #55C96E #6E55C9

tetradic

#C96E55 #76C955 #55B0C9 #A855C9

square

#C96E55 #76C955 #55B0C9 #A855C9

split-complementary

#C96E55 #55C9A8 #5576C9

monochromatic

#7C3A27 #AB4F36 #C96E55 #D89683 #E7BDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C96E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C96E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E55

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E55	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB5E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.121 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9985',
    500: '#c96e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e55;
$custom-light: #de9985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.931,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63608,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E55

secondary

#A5CBD5

accent

#BCDB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E55

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

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