#C97472#C97472

#C97472 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.107 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97472
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 114)
HSL	hsl(1, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 33.10, 15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 36.63, 25.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0997 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.107 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3719, 26.1262, 19.2016)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97472 #72C7C9

analogous

#C9729C #C97472 #C9A072

triadic

#C97472 #72C974 #7472C9

tetradic

#C97472 #9CC972 #72C7C9 #A072C9

square

#C97472 #9CC972 #72C7C9 #A072C9

split-complementary

#C97472 #72C9A0 #729CC9

monochromatic

#8B3735 #B84946 #C97472 #DAA09E #EBCBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#C97472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#C97472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97472

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97472	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D86974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.107 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9d9a',
    500: '#c97472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97472;
$custom-light: #dc9d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.379,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65192,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97472

secondary

#BBDBDC

accent

#B5B82E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97472

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

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