#CB8974#CB8974

#CB8974 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.087 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8974
RGB	rgb(203, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(14, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(14, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 42.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 22.72, 21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 31.30, 43.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0682 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.087 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7283, 31.8515, 20.7331)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8974 #74B6CB

analogous

#CB748A #CB8974 #CBB574

triadic

#CB8974 #74CB89 #8974CB

tetradic

#CB8974 #8ACB74 #74B6CB #B574CB

square

#CB8974 #8ACB74 #74B6CB #B574CB

split-complementary

#CB8974 #74CBB5 #748ACB

monochromatic

#8F4B36 #BA6347 #CB8974 #DCAFA1 #ECD5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CB8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#CB8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8974

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8974	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.087 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac9c',
    500: '#cb8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8974;
$custom-light: #ddac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.483,
    "s": 45.55,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69149,
    "c": 0.08706,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8974

secondary

#BED6DD

accent

#97B92D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8974

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

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