#C96E57#C96E57

#C96E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.121 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E57
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 87)
HSL	hsl(12, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(12, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 33.75, 28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 44.32, 40.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0987 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.121 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3859, 24.2608, 12.0449)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E57 #57B2C9

analogous

#C95779 #C96E57 #C9A757

triadic

#C96E57 #57C96E #6E57C9

tetradic

#C96E57 #79C957 #57B2C9 #A757C9

square

#C96E57 #79C957 #57B2C9 #A757C9

split-complementary

#C96E57 #57C9A7 #5779C9

monochromatic

#7D3928 #AC4F37 #C96E57 #D89685 #E7BEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C96E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C96E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E57

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E57	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)

#857B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA5F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.121 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9986',
    500: '#c96e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e57;
$custom-light: #de9986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.105,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63643,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E57

secondary

#A7CCD5

accent

#BEDB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E57

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

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