#C97172#C97172

#C97172 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.111 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97172
RGB	rgb(201, 113, 114)
HSL	hsl(359, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(359, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 34.69, 14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 37.72, 23.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.1046 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.111 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0316, 25.4457, 19.0882)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97172 #71C9C8

analogous

#C9719E #C97172 #C99C71

triadic

#C97172 #72C971 #7172C9

tetradic

#C97172 #9EC971 #71C9C8 #9C71C9

square

#C97172 #9EC971 #71C9C8 #9C71C9

split-complementary

#C97172 #71C99C #719EC9

monochromatic

#8B3536 #B74647 #C97172 #DA9D9E #EBCACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#C97172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#C97172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97172

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97172	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837F72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D96672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 113, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.111 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9b9a',
    500: '#c97172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97172;
$custom-light: #dc9b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.318,
    "s": 44.898,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64696,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97172

secondary

#BBDBDB

accent

#B8B62D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97172

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

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