#C79EA4#C79EA4

#C79EA4 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.049 H 8.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79EA4
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(351, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(351, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 17.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 16.11, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 16.34, 9.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0488 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.049 8.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4810, 39.2778, 40.4584)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79EA4 #9EC7C1

analogous

#C79EB8 #C79EA4 #C7AD9E

triadic

#C79EA4 #A4C79E #9EA4C7

tetradic

#C79EA4 #B8C79E #9EC7C1 #AD9EC7

square

#C79EA4 #B8C79E #9EC7C1 #AD9EC7

split-complementary

#C79EA4 #9EC7AD #9EB8C7

monochromatic

#95565F #B17780 #C79EA4 #DDC5C8 #F4ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C79EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C79EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79EA4

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79EA4	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.049 8.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8babe',
    500: '#c79ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79ea4;
$custom-light: #d8babe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.22,
    "s": 26.797,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73849,
    "c": 0.04929,
    "h": 8.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79EA4

secondary

#DBE6E4

accent

#A59740

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79EA4

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

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