#C79FA2#C79FA2

#C79FA2 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.048 H 13.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79FA2
RGB	rgb(199, 159, 162)
HSL	hsl(356, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(356, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 18.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 15.25, 4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 15.79, 14.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0464 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.048 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4730, 39.5486, 39.5718)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79FA2 #9FC7C4

analogous

#C79FB6 #C79FA2 #C7B09F

triadic

#C79FA2 #A2C79F #9FA2C7

tetradic

#C79FA2 #B6C79F #9FC7C4 #B09FC7

square

#C79FA2 #B6C79F #9FC7C4 #B09FC7

split-complementary

#C79FA2 #9FC7B0 #9FB6C7

monochromatic

#95575B #B0787D #C79FA2 #DEC6C7 #F4ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C79FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C79FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79FA2

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79FA2	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 159, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.048 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bbbd',
    500: '#c79fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79fa2;
$custom-light: #d8bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.5,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73983,
    "c": 0.04766,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79FA2

secondary

#DBE6E6

accent

#A59D41

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FAF6F6

border

#D3D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#838181

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79FA2

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

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