#C97B79#C97B79

#C97B79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.098 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B79
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 121)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 39.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 30.11, 14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 33.23, 24.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.091 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.098 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6232, 27.9667, 21.6601)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B79 #79C7C9

analogous

#C9799F #C97B79 #C9A379

triadic

#C97B79 #79C97B #7B79C9

tetradic

#C97B79 #9FC979 #79C7C9 #A379C9

square

#C97B79 #9FC979 #79C7C9 #A379C9

split-complementary

#C97B79 #79C9A3 #799FC9

monochromatic

#8E3B39 #B7504D #C97B79 #DBA6A5 #ECD1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C97B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#C97B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B79

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B79	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.098 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca29f',
    500: '#c97b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b79;
$custom-light: #dca29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.5,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66544,
    "c": 0.09789,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B79

secondary

#C1DDDD

accent

#B2B630

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF3F2

border

#D4CDCC

text

#150F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B79

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

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