#CC9596#CC9596

#CC9596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.067 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9596
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(359, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 26.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 20.82, 7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 22.18, 20.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0634 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.067 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1551, 36.5365, 33.7327)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9596 #95CCCB

analogous

#CC95B2 #CC9596 #CCB095

triadic

#CC9596 #96CC95 #9596CC

tetradic

#CC9596 #B2CC95 #95CCCB #B095CC

square

#CC9596 #B2CC95 #95CCCB #B095CC

split-complementary

#CC9596 #95CCB0 #95B2CC

monochromatic

#9C4B4C #B86C6D #CC9596 #E0BEBF #F4E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CC9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CC9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9596

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9596	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.067 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb4b4',
    500: '#cc9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9596;
$custom-light: #dcb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.909,
    "s": 35.032,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72283,
    "c": 0.06655,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9596

secondary

#D6E6E6

accent

#AEAC38

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9596

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

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