#C77979#C77979

#C77979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.098 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C77979
RGB	rgb(199, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 41%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 39.2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 30.43, 13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 33.10, 23.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.092 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.098 20)
XYZ	xyz(33.8433, 27.2001, 21.5532)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C77979 #79C7C7

analogous

#C779A0 #C77979 #C7A079

triadic

#C77979 #79C779 #7979C7

tetradic

#C77979 #A0C779 #79C7C7 #A079C7

square

#C77979 #A0C779 #79C7C7 #A079C7

split-complementary

#C77979 #79C7A0 #79A0C7

monochromatic

#8B3A3A #B54E4E #C77979 #D9A4A4 #EBCFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C77979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#C77979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C77979

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C77979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C77979	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5707A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c77979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.098 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa09f',
    500: '#c77979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c77979;
$custom-light: #daa09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c77979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 41.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65955,
    "c": 0.09795,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.27197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C77979

secondary

#C0DCDC

accent

#B4B431

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C77979

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

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