#C99F99#C99F99

#C99F99 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.051 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C99F99
RGB	rgb(201, 159, 153)
HSL	hsl(8, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(8, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 23.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 14.64, 9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 17.22, 31.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0451 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.051 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2358, 39.5155, 35.5333)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C99F99 #99C3C9

analogous

#C999AB #C99F99 #C9B799

triadic

#C99F99 #99C99F #9F99C9

tetradic

#C99F99 #ABC999 #99C3C9 #B799C9

square

#C99F99 #ABC999 #99C3C9 #B799C9

split-complementary

#C99F99 #99C9B7 #99ABC9

monochromatic

#975950 #B47971 #C99F99 #DEC5C1 #F3EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C99F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C99F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C99F99

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C99F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C99F99	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)

#A7A498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c99f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 159, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.051 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabbb7',
    500: '#c99f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c99f99;
$custom-light: #dabbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c99f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73937,
    "c": 0.05098,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C99F99

secondary

#D8E4E6

accent

#9CA93C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #C99F99

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

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