#C79596#C79596

#C79596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.060 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79596
RGB	rgb(199, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 31%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(359, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 24.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 18.92, 6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 20.12, 19.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0577 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.06 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8063, 35.8410, 33.6695)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79596 #95C7C6

analogous

#C795AF #C79596 #C7AD95

triadic

#C79596 #96C795 #9596C7

tetradic

#C79596 #AFC795 #95C7C6 #AD95C7

square

#C79596 #AFC795 #95C7C6 #AD95C7

split-complementary

#C79596 #95C7AD #95AFC7

monochromatic

#944E4F #B26D6E #C79596 #DCBDBE #F1E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C79596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#C79596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79596

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79596	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.060 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b4b4',
    500: '#c79596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79596;
$custom-light: #d9b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.8,
    "s": 30.864,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71754,
    "c": 0.06044,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79596

secondary

#D4E3E3

accent

#AAA73C

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79596

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

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