#CA8979#CA8979

#CA8979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.084 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8979
RGB	rgb(202, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(12, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(12, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, 22.88, 18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 29.54, 39.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0691 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.084 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7555, 31.8310, 22.2936)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8979 #79BACA

analogous

#CA7991 #CA8979 #CAB179

triadic

#CA8979 #79CA89 #8979CA

tetradic

#CA8979 #91CA79 #79BACA #B179CA

square

#CA8979 #91CA79 #79BACA #B179CA

split-complementary

#CA8979 #79CAB1 #7991CA

monochromatic

#904A39 #B9624D #CA8979 #DBB0A5 #EDD6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CA8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#CA8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8979

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8979	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.084 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac9f',
    500: '#ca8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8979;
$custom-light: #dcac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.852,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69143,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8979

secondary

#C1D8DE

accent

#9CB62F

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8979

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

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