#CA8873#CA8873

#CA8873 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.087 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8873
RGB	rgb(202, 136, 115)
HSL	hsl(14, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(14, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 43.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 22.76, 21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 31.35, 43.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% 0.0683 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.087 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2575, 31.4054, 20.3685)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8873 #73B5CA

analogous

#CA7389 #CA8873 #CAB473

triadic

#CA8873 #73CA88 #8873CA

tetradic

#CA8873 #89CA73 #73B5CA #B473CA

square

#CA8873 #89CA73 #73B5CA #B473CA

split-complementary

#CA8873 #73CAB4 #7389CA

monochromatic

#8D4B35 #B96247 #CA8873 #DBAE9F #ECD3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CA8873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#CA8873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8873

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8873	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 136, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.087 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcab9b',
    500: '#ca8873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8873;
$custom-light: #dcab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.483,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6883,
    "c": 0.08716,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8873

secondary

#BCD5DC

accent

#97B82D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8873

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

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