#C9999D#C9999D

#C9999D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.058 H 13.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9999D
RGB	rgb(201, 153, 157)
HSL	hsl(355, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(355, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 21.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 18.52, 4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 19.15, 14.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0563 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.058 13)
XYZ	xyz(41.5649, 37.6362, 36.9669)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9999D #99C9C5

analogous

#C999B5 #C9999D #C9AD99

triadic

#C9999D #9DC999 #999DC9

tetradic

#C9999D #B5C999 #99C9C5 #AD99C9

square

#C9999D #B5C999 #99C9C5 #AD99C9

split-complementary

#C9999D #99C9AD #99B5C9

monochromatic

#975056 #B47177 #C9999D #DEC1C3 #F3E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C9999D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C9999D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9999D

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9999D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9999D	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3959B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9999d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 153, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.058 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab7b9',
    500: '#c9999d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9999d;
$custom-light: #dab7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9999d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72906,
    "c": 0.05777,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.37634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9999D

secondary

#D8E6E5

accent

#A9A03C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9999D

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

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