#CA8974#CA8974

#CA8974 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.086 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8974
RGB	rgb(202, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(15, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(15, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 42.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 22.32, 21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 30.89, 43.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0671 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.086 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4568, 31.7115, 20.7204)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8974 #74B5CA

analogous

#CA748A #CA8974 #CAB474

triadic

#CA8974 #74CA89 #8974CA

tetradic

#CA8974 #8ACA74 #74B5CA #B474CA

square

#CA8974 #8ACA74 #74B5CA #B474CA

split-complementary

#CA8974 #74CAB4 #748ACA

monochromatic

#8E4B36 #B96348 #CA8974 #DBAFA0 #ECD4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CA8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#CA8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8974

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8974	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.086 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcab9c',
    500: '#ca8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8974;
$custom-light: #dcab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.651,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69033,
    "c": 0.08589,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8974

secondary

#BDD5DD

accent

#96B82E

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8974

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

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