#C99CA0#C99CA0

#C99CA0 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.054 H 12.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99CA0
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(355, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(355, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 20.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 17.33, 4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 17.87, 14.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0527 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.054 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3213, 38.7343, 38.4981)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99CA0 #9CC9C5

analogous

#C99CB6 #C99CA0 #C9AF9C

triadic

#C99CA0 #A0C99C #9CA0C9

tetradic

#C99CA0 #B6C99C #9CC9C5 #AF9CC9

square

#C99CA0 #B6C99C #9CC9C5 #AF9CC9

split-complementary

#C99CA0 #9CC9AF #9CB6C9

monochromatic

#985359 #B3747A #C99CA0 #DFC4C6 #F4EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C99CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C99CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99CA0

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99CA0	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A2A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.054 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9bc',
    500: '#c99ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99ca0;
$custom-light: #dab9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.667,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73556,
    "c": 0.05394,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99CA0

secondary

#DAE7E6

accent

#A89F3D

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99CA0

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

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