#C9998D#C9998D

#C9998D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.061 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9998D
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(12, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 29.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 16.23, 13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 20.96, 39.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0499 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.061 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2872, 37.1251, 30.2380)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9998D #8DBDC9

analogous

#C98D9F #C9998D #C9B78D

triadic

#C9998D #8DC999 #998DC9

tetradic

#C9998D #9FC98D #8DBDC9 #B78DC9

square

#C9998D #9FC98D #8DBDC9 #B78DC9

split-complementary

#C9998D #8DC9B7 #8D9FC9

monochromatic

#955647 #B57463 #C9998D #DDBEB7 #F0E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C9998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C9998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9998D

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9998D	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.061 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7ae',
    500: '#c9998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9998d;
$custom-light: #dab7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72485,
    "c": 0.06056,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9998D

secondary

#CFDFE2

accent

#97AF37

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9998D

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

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