#C99EA4#C99EA4

#C99EA4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.052 H 9.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99EA4
RGB	rgb(201, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(352, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(352, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 18.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 16.86, 3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 17.12, 10.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.051 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.052 9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0153, 39.5533, 40.4835)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99EA4 #9EC9C3

analogous

#C99EB9 #C99EA4 #C9AD9E

triadic

#C99EA4 #A4C99E #9EA4C9

tetradic

#C99EA4 #B9C99E #9EC9C3 #AD9EC9

square

#C99EA4 #B9C99E #9EC9C3 #AD9EC9

split-complementary

#C99EA4 #9EC9AD #9EB9C9

monochromatic

#98555E #B3777F #C99EA4 #DFC5C9 #F4EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C99EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C99EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99EA4

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99EA4	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.052 9.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dababe',
    500: '#c99ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99ea4;
$custom-light: #dababe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.628,
    "s": 28.477,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74048,
    "c": 0.05167,
    "h": 9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99EA4

secondary

#DBE7E6

accent

#A7983E

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99EA4

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

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