#C97277#C97277

#C97277 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 16.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97277
RGB	rgb(201, 114, 119)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 40.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 34.71, 12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 36.85, 19.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.105 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.11 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4362, 25.7870, 20.6656)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97277 #72C9C4

analogous

#C972A3 #C97277 #C99972

triadic

#C97277 #77C972 #7277C9

tetradic

#C97277 #A3C972 #72C9C4 #9972C9

square

#C97277 #A3C972 #72C9C4 #9972C9

split-complementary

#C97277 #72C999 #72A3C9

monochromatic

#8B353A #B8464D #C97277 #DA9EA2 #EBCBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#C97277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#C97277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97277

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97277	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D86874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 114, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9c9e',
    500: '#c97277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97277;
$custom-light: #dc9c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.552,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64982,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97277

secondary

#BBDCDA

accent

#B8B02E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97277

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

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