#C9716D#C9716D

#C9716D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.112 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9716D
RGB	rgb(201, 113, 109)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 45.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 34.17, 17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 38.41, 27.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.1026 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.112 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7548, 25.3350, 17.6301)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9716D #6DC5C9

analogous

#C96D97 #C9716D #C99F6D

triadic

#C9716D #6DC971 #716DC9

tetradic

#C9716D #97C96D #6DC5C9 #9F6DC9

square

#C9716D #97C96D #6DC5C9 #9F6DC9

split-complementary

#C9716D #6DC99F #6D97C9

monochromatic

#893633 #B64843 #C9716D #DA9C9A #EAC8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#C9716D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#C9716D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9716D

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9716D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9716D	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A916B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D96570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9716d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 113, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.112 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9b96',
    500: '#c9716d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9716d;
$custom-light: #dd9b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9716d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 46,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6458,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9716D

secondary

#B7D9DA

accent

#B3B92C

background

#FEF9F9

surface

#FCF2F2

border

#D5CCCC

text

#150E0D

muted

#847E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9716D

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

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