#C99EA1#C99EA1

#C99EA1 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.051 H 13.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99EA1
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(356, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(356, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 19.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 16.39, 4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 17.01, 15.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0499 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.051 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7475, 39.4462, 39.0734)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99EA1 #9EC9C6

analogous

#C99EB6 #C99EA1 #C9B09E

triadic

#C99EA1 #A1C99E #9EA1C9

tetradic

#C99EA1 #B6C99E #9EC9C6 #B09EC9

square

#C99EA1 #B6C99E #9EC9C6 #B09EC9

split-complementary

#C99EA1 #9EC9B0 #9EB6C9

monochromatic

#985559 #B3777B #C99EA1 #DFC5C7 #F4EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C99EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C99EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99EA1

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99EA1	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.051 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dababc',
    500: '#c99ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99ea1;
$custom-light: #dababc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.814,
    "s": 28.477,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73963,
    "c": 0.05133,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99EA1

secondary

#DBE7E6

accent

#A7A03E

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99EA1

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

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