#C99CA3#C99CA3

#C99CA3 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.054 H 8.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99CA3
RGB	rgb(201, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(351, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(351, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 18.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 17.80, 2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 18.02, 8.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.0538 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.054 8.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5869, 38.8405, 39.8969)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99CA3 #9CC9C2

analogous

#C99CB9 #C99CA3 #C9AC9C

triadic

#C99CA3 #A3C99C #9CA3C9

tetradic

#C99CA3 #B9C99C #9CC9C2 #AC9CC9

square

#C99CA3 #B9C99C #9CC9C2 #AC9CC9

split-complementary

#C99CA3 #9CC9AC #9CB9C9

monochromatic

#98535E #B3747E #C99CA3 #DFC4C8 #F4EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C99CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C99CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99CA3

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99CA3	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.054 8.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab9be',
    500: '#c99ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99ca3;
$custom-light: #dab9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.667,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73641,
    "c": 0.05436,
    "h": 8.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99CA3

secondary

#DAE7E5

accent

#A8973D

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99CA3

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

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