#CA8A79#CA8A79

#CA8A79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.083 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8A79
RGB	rgb(202, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(13, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(13, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 22.34, 19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 29.33, 40.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0675 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.083 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8983, 32.1166, 22.3412)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8A79 #79B9CA

analogous

#CA7990 #CA8A79 #CAB379

triadic

#CA8A79 #79CA8A #8A79CA

tetradic

#CA8A79 #90CA79 #79B9CA #B379CA

square

#CA8A79 #90CA79 #79B9CA #B379CA

split-complementary

#CA8A79 #79CAB3 #7990CA

monochromatic

#904B39 #B9644D #CA8A79 #DBB0A5 #EDD7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CA8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#CA8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8A79

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8A79	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.083 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcac9f',
    500: '#ca8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8a79;
$custom-light: #dcac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.593,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69325,
    "c": 0.08287,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8A79

secondary

#C1D8DE

accent

#9AB62F

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8A79

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

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