#C78C8A#C78C8A

#C78C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.072 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78C8A
RGB	rgb(199, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(2, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 30.7%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, 22.19, 10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 24.37, 24.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0676 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.073 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5197, 32.7355, 28.3822)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78C8A #8AC5C7

analogous

#C78AA6 #C78C8A #C7AA8A

triadic

#C78C8A #8AC78C #8C8AC7

tetradic

#C78C8A #A6C78A #8AC5C7 #AA8AC7

square

#C78C8A #A6C78A #8AC5C7 #AA8AC7

split-complementary

#C78C8A #8AC7AA #8AA6C7

monochromatic

#914845 #B36361 #C78C8A #DBB5B3 #EFDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C78C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#C78C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78C8A

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78C8A	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.072 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9aeac',
    500: '#c78c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78c8a;
$custom-light: #d9aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.967,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69764,
    "c": 0.0725,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78C8A

secondary

#CCE0E0

accent

#AAAE37

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#151010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78C8A

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

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