#C97879#C97879

#C97879 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.102 H 19.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97879
RGB	rgb(201, 120, 121)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(359, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 39.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 31.73, 13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 34.33, 22.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.0959 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.102 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2567, 27.2338, 21.5379)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97879 #78C9C8

analogous

#C978A1 #C97879 #C99F78

triadic

#C97879 #79C978 #7879C9

tetradic

#C97879 #A1C978 #78C9C8 #9F78C9

square

#C97879 #A1C978 #78C9C8 #9F78C9

split-complementary

#C97879 #78C99F #78A1C9

monochromatic

#8E393A #B84C4E #C97879 #DAA4A4 #ECCFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#C97879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#C97879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97879

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97879	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D86E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 120, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.102 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca09f',
    500: '#c97879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97879;
$custom-light: #dca09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.259,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66032,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97879

secondary

#C0DDDD

accent

#B6B430

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97879

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

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