#C79EA2#C79EA2

#C79EA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.049 H 11.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79EA2
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(354, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(354, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 18.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 15.80, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 16.23, 13.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.048 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.049 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3018, 39.2061, 39.5147)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79EA2 #9EC7C3

analogous

#C79EB7 #C79EA2 #C7AE9E

triadic

#C79EA2 #A2C79E #9EA2C7

tetradic

#C79EA2 #B7C79E #9EC7C3 #AE9EC7

square

#C79EA2 #B7C79E #9EC7C3 #AE9EC7

split-complementary

#C79EA2 #9EC7AE #9EB7C7

monochromatic

#95565C #B1777D #C79EA2 #DDC5C7 #F4ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C79EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C79EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79EA2

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79EA2	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.049 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8babd',
    500: '#c79ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79ea2;
$custom-light: #d8babd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.146,
    "s": 26.797,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73792,
    "c": 0.04901,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79EA2

secondary

#DBE6E5

accent

#A59B40

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79EA2

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

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