#CA978E#CA978E

#CA978E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.063 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA978E
RGB	rgb(202, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(9, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(9, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 29.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 17.85, 12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 21.63, 34.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0547 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.063 30)
XYZ	xyz(40.3071, 36.6449, 30.5360)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA978E #8EC1CA

analogous

#CA8EA3 #CA978E #CAB58E

triadic

#CA978E #8ECA97 #978ECA

tetradic

#CA978E #A3CA8E #8EC1CA #B58ECA

square

#CA978E #A3CA8E #8EC1CA #B58ECA

split-complementary

#CA978E #8ECAB5 #8EA3CA

monochromatic

#975347 #B67164 #CA978E #DEBDB8 #F1E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CA978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#CA978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA978E

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA978E	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.063 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb5af',
    500: '#ca978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca978e;
$custom-light: #dbb5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 36.145,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.06321,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.36643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA978E

secondary

#D1E0E3

accent

#9DAF36

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA978E

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

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