#C79797#C79797

#C79797 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.058 H 18.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79797
RGB	rgb(199, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(0, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 24.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 17.97, 6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 19.28, 21.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0549 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.058 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2063, 36.5116, 34.2018)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79797 #97C7C7

analogous

#C797AF #C79797 #C7AF97

triadic

#C79797 #97C797 #9797C7

tetradic

#C79797 #AFC797 #97C7C7 #AF97C7

square

#C79797 #AFC797 #97C7C7 #AF97C7

split-complementary

#C79797 #97C7AF #97AFC7

monochromatic

#945050 #B26F6F #C79797 #DCBFBF #F2E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#C79797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#C79797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79797

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79797	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.058 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b5b5',
    500: '#c79797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79797;
$custom-light: #d9b5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.05788,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79797

secondary

#D6E4E4

accent

#A9A93D

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79797

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

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