#CA8B79#CA8B79

#CA8B79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.082 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8B79
RGB	rgb(202, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(13, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(13, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 21.79, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 29.13, 41.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0658 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.082 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0424, 32.4049, 22.3892)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8B79 #79B8CA

analogous

#CA798F #CA8B79 #CAB379

triadic

#CA8B79 #79CA8B #8B79CA

tetradic

#CA8B79 #8FCA79 #79B8CA #B379CA

square

#CA8B79 #8FCA79 #79B8CA #B379CA

split-complementary

#CA8B79 #79CAB3 #798FCA

monochromatic

#904C39 #B9654D #CA8B79 #DBB1A5 #EDD7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CA8B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#CA8B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8B79

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8B79	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.082 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcad9f',
    500: '#ca8b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8b79;
$custom-light: #dcad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69508,
    "c": 0.08199,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8B79

secondary

#C1D7DE

accent

#98B62F

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8B79

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

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