#CA9C8D#CA9C8D

#CA9C8D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.059 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9C8D
RGB	rgb(202, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(15, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 30.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 14.98, 14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 20.81, 43.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0463 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.059 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0542, 38.2586, 30.4163)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9C8D #8DBBCA

analogous

#CA8D9D #CA9C8D #CABB8D

triadic

#CA9C8D #8DCA9C #9C8DCA

tetradic

#CA9C8D #9DCA8D #8DBBCA #BB8DCA

square

#CA9C8D #9DCA8D #8DBBCA #BB8DCA

split-complementary

#CA9C8D #8DCABB #8D9DCA

monochromatic

#975A46 #B77863 #CA9C8D #DDC0B7 #F1E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CA9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CA9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9C8D

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9C8D	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.059 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb9ae',
    500: '#ca9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9c8d;
$custom-light: #dbb9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.754,
    "s": 36.527,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73161,
    "c": 0.05937,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9C8D

secondary

#D0DEE3

accent

#92AF36

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9C8D

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

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