#C97579#C97579

#C97579 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.106 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97579
RGB	rgb(201, 117, 121)
HSL	hsl(357, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 42%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 39.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 33.34, 12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 35.50, 20.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.1009 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.106 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9015, 26.5235, 21.4195)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97579 #75C9C5

analogous

#C975A3 #C97579 #C99B75

triadic

#C97579 #79C975 #7579C9

tetradic

#C97579 #A3C975 #75C9C5 #9B75C9

square

#C97579 #A3C975 #75C9C5 #9B75C9

split-complementary

#C97579 #75C99B #75A3C9

monochromatic

#8D373B #B8494E #C97579 #DAA1A4 #EBCDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#C97579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#C97579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97579

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97579	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D86B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 117, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.106 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9e9f',
    500: '#c97579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97579;
$custom-light: #dc9e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65529,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97579

secondary

#BEDCDB

accent

#B7B02F

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97579

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

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