#C59797#C59797

#C59797 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.055 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59797
RGB	rgb(197, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(0, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 23%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 23.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 17.21, 6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 18.46, 21.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0526 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.055 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6790, 36.2397, 34.1771)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59797 #97C5C5

analogous

#C597AE #C59797 #C5AE97

triadic

#C59797 #97C597 #9797C5

tetradic

#C59797 #AEC597 #97C5C5 #AE97C5

square

#C59797 #AEC597 #97C5C5 #AE97C5

split-complementary

#C59797 #97C5AE #97AEC5

monochromatic

#915151 #AF7070 #C59797 #DBBEBE #F1E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C59797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#C59797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59797

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59797	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.055 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b5b5',
    500: '#c59797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59797;
$custom-light: #d7b5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7195,
    "c": 0.05544,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59797

secondary

#D5E3E3

accent

#A7A73E

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59797

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

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