#CA8978#CA8978

#CA8978 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.084 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8978
RGB	rgb(202, 137, 120)
HSL	hsl(12, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(12, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 40.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, 22.77, 19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 29.79, 40.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0687 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.084 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6945, 31.8066, 21.9723)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8978 #78B9CA

analogous

#CA7890 #CA8978 #CAB278

triadic

#CA8978 #78CA89 #8978CA

tetradic

#CA8978 #90CA78 #78B9CA #B278CA

square

#CA8978 #90CA78 #78B9CA #B278CA

split-complementary

#CA8978 #78CAB2 #7890CA

monochromatic

#8F4A38 #B9634C #CA8978 #DBAFA4 #EDD6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CA8978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#CA8978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8978

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8978	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 137, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.084 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac9f',
    500: '#ca8978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8978;
$custom-light: #dcac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.439,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6912,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8978

secondary

#C0D7DE

accent

#9BB72F

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8978

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

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