#C97972#C97972

#C97972 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.101 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97972
RGB	rgb(201, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(5, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 30.41, 17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 34.95, 29.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0915 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.101 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9638, 27.3101, 19.3989)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97972 #72C2C9

analogous

#C97297 #C97972 #C9A572

triadic

#C97972 #72C979 #7972C9

tetradic

#C97972 #97C972 #72C2C9 #A572C9

square

#C97972 #97C972 #72C2C9 #A572C9

split-complementary

#C97972 #72C9A5 #7297C9

monochromatic

#8B3C35 #B84F46 #C97972 #DAA39E #EBCDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#C97972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#C97972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97972

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97972	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D86E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.101 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca09a',
    500: '#c97972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97972;
$custom-light: #dca09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.828,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66036,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97972

secondary

#BBD9DC

accent

#ADB82E

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FBF2F2

border

#D4CCCC

text

#150F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97972

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

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