#C97561#C97561

#C97561 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97561
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 97)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(12, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 51.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 30.88, 25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 39.90, 39.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.0912 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.11 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6085, 26.0063, 14.6093)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97561 #61B5C9

analogous

#C96181 #C97561 #C9A961

triadic

#C97561 #61C975 #7561C9

tetradic

#C97561 #81C961 #61B5C9 #A961C9

square

#C97561 #81C961 #61B5C9 #A961C9

split-complementary

#C97561 #61C9A9 #6181C9

monochromatic

#833D2D #B0533C #C97561 #D99D8F #E8C5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#C97561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#C97561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97561

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97561	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89815F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9e8e',
    500: '#c97561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97561;
$custom-light: #dd9e8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64996,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97561

secondary

#AED0D8

accent

#BED94F

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2F0

border

#D5CCCB

text

#160E0C

muted

#847E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97561

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

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