#C96E59#C96E59

#C96E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.120 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96E59
RGB	rgb(201, 110, 89)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 33.91, 27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 43.75, 39.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.0995 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.12 34)
XYZ	xyz(31.4688, 24.2939, 12.4812)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96E59 #59B4C9

analogous

#C9597C #C96E59 #C9A659

triadic

#C96E59 #59C96E #6E59C9

tetradic

#C96E59 #7CC959 #59B4C9 #A659C9

square

#C96E59 #7CC959 #59B4C9 #A659C9

split-complementary

#C96E59 #59C9A6 #597CC9

monochromatic

#7E3929 #AD4E38 #C96E59 #D89687 #E7BFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C96E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#C96E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96E59

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96E59	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA5F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 110, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.120 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9988',
    500: '#c96e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96e59;
$custom-light: #de9988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63679,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.24291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96E59

secondary

#A8CDD6

accent

#C0DA4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96E59

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

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