#C97E72#C97E72

#C97E72 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.096 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97E72
RGB	rgb(201, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(8, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 43.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 27.71, 18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 33.46, 34.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.0833 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.096 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5873, 28.5570, 19.6067)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97E72 #72BDC9

analogous

#C97292 #C97E72 #C9AA72

triadic

#C97E72 #72C97E #7E72C9

tetradic

#C97E72 #92C972 #72BDC9 #AA72C9

square

#C97E72 #92C972 #72BDC9 #AA72C9

split-complementary

#C97E72 #72C9AA #7292C9

monochromatic

#8B4135 #B85646 #C97E72 #DAA69E #EBCFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C97E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#C97E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97E72

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97E72	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.096 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca49a',
    500: '#c97e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97e72;
$custom-light: #dca49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66902,
    "c": 0.09581,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97E72

secondary

#BBD7DC

accent

#A5B82E

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#150F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97E72

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

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