#CA8D79#CA8D79

#CA8D79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.080 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA8D79
RGB	rgb(202, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(15, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 20.70, 19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 28.76, 43.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0625 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.08 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3347, 32.9893, 22.4866)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA8D79 #79B6CA

analogous

#CA798D #CA8D79 #CAB579

triadic

#CA8D79 #79CA8D #8D79CA

tetradic

#CA8D79 #8DCA79 #79B6CA #B579CA

square

#CA8D79 #8DCA79 #79B6CA #B579CA

split-complementary

#CA8D79 #79CAB5 #798DCA

monochromatic

#904E39 #B9684D #CA8D79 #DBB2A5 #EDD8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CA8D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#CA8D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA8D79

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA8D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA8D79	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca8d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.080 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcae9f',
    500: '#ca8d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca8d79;
$custom-light: #dcae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca8d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.815,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69876,
    "c": 0.08036,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA8D79

secondary

#C1D7DE

accent

#95B62F

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA8D79

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

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