#C79EA8#C79EA8

#C79EA8 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.050 H 2.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79EA8
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(345, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(345, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 15.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 16.76, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 16.77, 2.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0503 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.05 2.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8479, 39.4245, 42.3908)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79EA8 #9EC7BD

analogous

#C79EBC #C79EA8 #C7A99E

triadic

#C79EA8 #A8C79E #9EA8C7

tetradic

#C79EA8 #BCC79E #9EC7BD #A99EC7

square

#C79EA8 #BCC79E #9EC7BD #A99EC7

split-complementary

#C79EA8 #9EC7A9 #9EBCC7

monochromatic

#955665 #B17785 #C79EA8 #DDC5CB #F4ECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C79EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C79EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79EA8

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79EA8	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.050 2.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bac1',
    500: '#c79ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79ea8;
$custom-light: #d8bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.366,
    "s": 26.797,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73966,
    "c": 0.05031,
    "h": 2.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79EA8

secondary

#DBE6E3

accent

#A58D40

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F7

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79EA8

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

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