#C97878#C97878

#C97878 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.102 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97878
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 120)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 40.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 31.62, 13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 34.44, 23.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0955 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.102 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1957, 27.2094, 21.2166)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97878 #78C9C9

analogous

#C978A0 #C97878 #C9A078

triadic

#C97878 #78C978 #7878C9

tetradic

#C97878 #A0C978 #78C9C9 #A078C9

square

#C97878 #A0C978 #78C9C9 #A078C9

split-complementary

#C97878 #78C9A0 #78A0C9

monochromatic

#8E3939 #B84C4C #C97878 #DAA4A4 #ECCFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C97878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#C97878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97878

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97878	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D86E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.102 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca09f',
    500: '#c97878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97878;
$custom-light: #dca09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66008,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97878

secondary

#C0DDDD

accent

#B6B630

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97878

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

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