#C96C79#C96C79

#C96C79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.118 H 12.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96C79
RGB	rgb(201, 108, 121)
HSL	hsl(352, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(352, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 39.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 38.10, 9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 39.26, 13.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.1154 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.118 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9029, 24.5262, 21.0866)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96C79 #6CC9BC

analogous

#C96CA7 #C96C79 #C98D6C

triadic

#C96C79 #79C96C #6C79C9

tetradic

#C96C79 #A7C96C #6CC9BC #8D6CC9

square

#C96C79 #A7C96C #6CC9BC #8D6CC9

split-complementary

#C96C79 #6CC98D #6CA7C9

monochromatic

#88323E #B54353 #C96C79 #D999A2 #EAC6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C96C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C96C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96C79

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96C79	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D86271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 108, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.118 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc989f',
    500: '#c96c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96c79;
$custom-light: #dc989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.613,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64067,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96C79

secondary

#B7DAD5

accent

#B9A62C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96C79

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

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