#C99596#C99596

#C99596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.063 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99596
RGB	rgb(201, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(359, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 25.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 19.68, 7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 20.94, 19.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.06 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.063 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3405, 36.1165, 33.6946)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99596 #95C9C8

analogous

#C995B0 #C99596 #C9AE95

triadic

#C99596 #96C995 #9596C9

tetradic

#C99596 #B0C995 #95C9C8 #AE95C9

square

#C99596 #B0C995 #95C9C8 #AE95C9

split-complementary

#C99596 #95C9AE #95B0C9

monochromatic

#974D4E #B46C6E #C99596 #DEBEBE #F2E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C99596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C99596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99596

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99596	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.063 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab4b4',
    500: '#c99596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99596;
$custom-light: #dab4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.846,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71964,
    "c": 0.06289,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99596

secondary

#D5E5E4

accent

#ABA93A

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99596

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

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