#C38579#C38579

#C38579 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.079 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38579
RGB	rgb(195, 133, 121)
HSL	hsl(10, 38%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(10, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 37.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 22.31, 16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 27.53, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.0676 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.079 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3457, 29.7600, 22.0207)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38579 #79B7C3

analogous

#C37992 #C38579 #C3AA79

triadic

#C38579 #79C385 #8579C3

tetradic

#C38579 #92C379 #79B7C3 #AA79C3

square

#C38579 #92C379 #79B7C3 #AA79C3

split-complementary

#C38579 #79C3AA #7992C3

monochromatic

#86483C #B05F4F #C38579 #D6ABA3 #E9D2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C38579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#C38579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38579

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38579	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 133, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.079 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a99f',
    500: '#c38579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38579;
$custom-light: #d7a99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.73,
    "s": 38.144,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67609,
    "c": 0.07916,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38579

secondary

#BED5DA

accent

#9DB134

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38579

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

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