#C97257#C97257

#C97257 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.117 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97257
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 87)
HSL	hsl(14, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(14, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 31.63, 29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 43.48, 43.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.0922 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.117 38)
XYZ	xyz(31.8273, 25.1435, 12.1920)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97257 #57AEC9

analogous

#C95775 #C97257 #C9AB57

triadic

#C97257 #57C972 #7257C9

tetradic

#C97257 #75C957 #57AEC9 #AB57C9

square

#C97257 #75C957 #57AEC9 #AB57C9

split-complementary

#C97257 #57C9AB #5775C9

monochromatic

#7D3C28 #AC5337 #C97257 #D89985 #E7C0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#C97257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#C97257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97257

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97257	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA636B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.117 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9b87',
    500: '#c97257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97257;
$custom-light: #de9b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.211,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64307,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.2514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97257

secondary

#A7CAD5

accent

#B9DB4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97257

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

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