#C99EA3#C99EA3

#C99EA3 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.052 H 10.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99EA3
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(353, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(353, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 18.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 16.70, 3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 17.07, 11.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0507 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.052 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9253, 39.5173, 40.0097)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99EA3 #9EC9C4

analogous

#C99EB8 #C99EA3 #C9AE9E

triadic

#C99EA3 #A3C99E #9EA3C9

tetradic

#C99EA3 #B8C99E #9EC9C4 #AE9EC9

square

#C99EA3 #B8C99E #9EC9C4 #AE9EC9

split-complementary

#C99EA3 #9EC9AE #9EB8C9

monochromatic

#98555C #B3777E #C99EA3 #DFC5C8 #F4EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C99EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C99EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99EA3

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99EA3	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.052 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dababe',
    500: '#c99ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99ea3;
$custom-light: #dababe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.023,
    "s": 28.477,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7402,
    "c": 0.05153,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99EA3

secondary

#DBE7E6

accent

#A79B3E

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99EA3

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

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