#C78E8A#C78E8A

#C78E8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.070 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78E8A
RGB	rgb(199, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(4, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(4, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 30.7%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 21.09, 10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 23.67, 27.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0643 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.07 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8146, 33.3253, 28.4805)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78E8A #8AC3C7

analogous

#C78AA4 #C78E8A #C7AC8A

triadic

#C78E8A #8AC78E #8E8AC7

tetradic

#C78E8A #A4C78A #8AC3C7 #AC8AC7

square

#C78E8A #A4C78A #8AC3C7 #AC8AC7

split-complementary

#C78E8A #8AC7AC #8AA4C7

monochromatic

#914A45 #B36661 #C78E8A #DBB6B3 #EFDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C78E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#C78E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78E8A

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78E8A	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3888D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.070 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9afac',
    500: '#c78e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78e8a;
$custom-light: #d9afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.934,
    "s": 35.26,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70132,
    "c": 0.07012,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78E8A

secondary

#CCDFE0

accent

#A6AE37

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#151010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78E8A

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

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