#C17D79#C17D79

#C17D79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.086 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17D79
RGB	rgb(193, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(3, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 37%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.2%, 37.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 25.93, 13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 29.08, 26.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0786 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.086 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7784, 27.3876, 21.6454)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17D79 #79BDC1

analogous

#C17999 #C17D79 #C1A179

triadic

#C17D79 #79C17D #7D79C1

tetradic

#C17D79 #99C179 #79BDC1 #A179C1

square

#C17D79 #99C179 #79BDC1 #A179C1

split-complementary

#C17D79 #79C1A1 #7999C1

monochromatic

#83413D #AD5550 #C17D79 #D4A6A3 #E8CECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C17D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#C17D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17D79

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17D79	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE757C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.086 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a39f',
    500: '#c17d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17d79;
$custom-light: #d6a39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 36.735,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65928,
    "c": 0.08554,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17D79

secondary

#BED7D8

accent

#A9B036

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#150F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17D79

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

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