#C97D79#C97D79

#C97D79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.095 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97D79
RGB	rgb(201, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(3, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 39.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 29.03, 14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 32.53, 26.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0877 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.095 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8738, 28.4680, 21.7436)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97D79 #79C5C9

analogous

#C9799D #C97D79 #C9A579

triadic

#C97D79 #79C97D #7D79C9

tetradic

#C97D79 #9DC979 #79C5C9 #A579C9

square

#C97D79 #9DC979 #79C5C9 #A579C9

split-complementary

#C97D79 #79C9A5 #799DC9

monochromatic

#8E3E39 #B7534D #C97D79 #DBA7A5 #ECD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C97D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#C97D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97D79

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97D79	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8747C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.095 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca39f',
    500: '#c97d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97d79;
$custom-light: #dca39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6689,
    "c": 0.09543,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97D79

secondary

#C1DCDD

accent

#AFB630

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#150F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97D79

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

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