#C97A79#C97A79

#C97A79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.099 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97A79
RGB	rgb(201, 122, 121)
HSL	hsl(1, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 39.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 30.65, 13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 33.59, 24.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0927 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.099 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4998, 27.7199, 21.6189)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97A79 #79C8C9

analogous

#C979A0 #C97A79 #C9A279

triadic

#C97A79 #79C97A #7A79C9

tetradic

#C97A79 #A0C979 #79C8C9 #A279C9

square

#C97A79 #A0C979 #79C8C9 #A279C9

split-complementary

#C97A79 #79C9A2 #79A0C9

monochromatic

#8E3A39 #B74F4D #C97A79 #DBA5A5 #ECD1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#C97A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#C97A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97A79

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97A79	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8707A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 122, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.099 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca19f',
    500: '#c97a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97a79;
$custom-light: #dca19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.75,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66373,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97A79

secondary

#C1DDDD

accent

#B4B630

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF3F2

border

#D4CDCC

text

#150F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97A79

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

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