#CA978A#CA978A

#CA978A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.065 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA978A
RGB	rgb(202, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(12, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 31.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 17.32, 14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 22.47, 39.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0531 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.065 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0122, 36.5269, 28.9827)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA978A #8ABDCA

analogous

#CA8A9D #CA978A #CAB78A

triadic

#CA978A #8ACA97 #978ACA

tetradic

#CA978A #9DCA8A #8ABDCA #B78ACA

square

#CA978A #9DCA8A #8ABDCA #B78ACA

split-complementary

#CA978A #8ACAB7 #8A9DCA

monochromatic

#965444 #B77260 #CA978A #DDBCB4 #F0E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CA978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CA978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA978A

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA978A	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.065 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb5ac',
    500: '#ca978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca978a;
$custom-light: #dbb5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.188,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72138,
    "c": 0.06465,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA978A

secondary

#CEDEE2

accent

#97B135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA978A

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

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