#C48879#C48879

#C48879 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.078 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C48879
RGB	rgb(196, 136, 121)
HSL	hsl(12, 39%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(12, 38%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 38.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 21.06, 17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 27.25, 39.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0638 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.078 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0216, 30.7269, 22.1718)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C48879 #79B5C4

analogous

#C47990 #C48879 #C4AE79

triadic

#C48879 #79C488 #8879C4

tetradic

#C48879 #90C479 #79B5C4 #AE79C4

square

#C48879 #90C479 #79B5C4 #AE79C4

split-complementary

#C48879 #79C4AE #7990C4

monochromatic

#874B3B #B1624F #C48879 #D7AEA3 #E9D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C48879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C48879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C48879

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C48879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C48879	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D18084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c48879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 136, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.078 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ab9f',
    500: '#c48879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c48879;
$custom-light: #d8ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c48879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 38.86,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68275,
    "c": 0.07752,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C48879

secondary

#BFD5DA

accent

#99B234

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C48879

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

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