#C96D78#C96D78

#C96D78 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.117 H 13.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C96D78
RGB	rgb(201, 109, 120)
HSL	hsl(353, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(353, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 40.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, 37.46, 10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 38.86, 15.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.1135 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.117 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9480, 24.7139, 20.8007)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C96D78 #6DC9BE

analogous

#C96DA6 #C96D78 #C9906D

triadic

#C96D78 #78C96D #6D78C9

tetradic

#C96D78 #A6C96D #6DC9BE #906DC9

square

#C96D78 #A6C96D #6DC9BE #906DC9

split-complementary

#C96D78 #6DC990 #6DA6C9

monochromatic

#89333D #B64351 #C96D78 #DA9AA1 #EAC6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C96D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#C96D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C96D78

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C96D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C96D78	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D86371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c96d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 109, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.117 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc999e',
    500: '#c96d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c96d78;
$custom-light: #dc999e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c96d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.826,
    "s": 46,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.642,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C96D78

secondary

#B7DAD6

accent

#B9A82C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C96D78

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

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