#C87972#C87972

#C87972 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.100 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C87972
RGB	rgb(200, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(5, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 43%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 30.02, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 34.52, 29.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.0904 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.1 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6958, 27.1719, 19.3864)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C87972 #72C1C8

analogous

#C87296 #C87972 #C8A472

triadic

#C87972 #72C879 #7972C8

tetradic

#C87972 #96C872 #72C1C8 #A472C8

square

#C87972 #96C872 #72C1C8 #A472C8

split-complementary

#C87972 #72C8A4 #7296C8

monochromatic

#8A3D36 #B65047 #C87972 #D9A39E #EACDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C87972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#C87972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C87972

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C87972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C87972	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D76F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c87972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.100 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba09a',
    500: '#c87972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c87972;
$custom-light: #dba09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c87972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.884,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65912,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C87972

secondary

#BBD8DB

accent

#ACB72E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C87972

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

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