#C97565#C97565

#C97565 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97565
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 101)
HSL	hsl(10, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(10, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 49.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 31.25, 23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 38.85, 36.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0928 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.109 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7997, 26.0828, 15.6165)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97565 #65B9C9

analogous

#C96587 #C97565 #C9A765

triadic

#C97565 #65C975 #7565C9

tetradic

#C97565 #87C965 #65B9C9 #A765C9

square

#C97565 #87C965 #65B9C9 #A765C9

split-complementary

#C97565 #65C9A7 #6587C9

monochromatic

#853C2F #B2513F #C97565 #D99E92 #E9C6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#C97565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#C97565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97565

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97565	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	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)

#898163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D96871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9e91',
    500: '#c97565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97565;
$custom-light: #dd9e91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.6,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65075,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97565

secondary

#B1D2D8

accent

#C2D850

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF2F0

border

#D5CCCB

text

#160E0C

muted

#847E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97565

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

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