#CE979C#CE979C

#CE979C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.066 H 12.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE979C
RGB	rgb(206, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(355, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(355, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 24.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 21.34, 5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 22.05, 14.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0648 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.066 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5216, 37.6575, 36.4749)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE979C #97CEC9

analogous

#CE97B8 #CE979C #CEAD97

triadic

#CE979C #9CCE97 #979CCE

tetradic

#CE979C #B8CE97 #97CEC9 #AD97CE

square

#CE979C #B8CE97 #97CEC9 #AD97CE

split-complementary

#CE979C #97CEAD #97B8CE

monochromatic

#9F4B53 #BA6D74 #CE979C #E2C1C4 #F5EAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CE979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CE979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE979C

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE979C	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.066 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb6b9',
    500: '#ce979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce979c;
$custom-light: #deb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73028,
    "c": 0.06648,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE979C

secondary

#D9E8E7

accent

#AFA437

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE979C

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

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