#C9717F#C9717F

#C9717F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.112 H 10.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9717F
RGB	rgb(201, 113, 127)
HSL	hsl(350, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(350, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 36.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 36.17, 7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 36.98, 12.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.1097 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.112 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8249, 25.7630, 23.2659)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9717F #71C9BB

analogous

#C971AB #C9717F #C98F71

triadic

#C9717F #7FC971 #717FC9

tetradic

#C9717F #ABC971 #71C9BB #8F71C9

square

#C9717F #ABC971 #71C9BB #8F71C9

split-complementary

#C9717F #71C98F #71ABC9

monochromatic

#8B3542 #B74658 #C9717F #DA9DA7 #EBCACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#C9717F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#C9717F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9717F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9717F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9717F	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81817F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97917D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D76876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9717f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 113, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.112 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9ba4',
    500: '#c9717f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9717f;
$custom-light: #dc9ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9717f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.455,
    "s": 44.898,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65028,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9717F

secondary

#BBDBD6

accent

#B8A22D

background

#FDF9FA

surface

#FBF2F3

border

#D4CCCD

text

#150E0F

muted

#837E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9717F

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

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