#CB8C8A#CB8C8A

#CB8C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.077 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8C8A
RGB	rgb(203, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(2, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 32%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 23.73, 10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 26.06, 24.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0722 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.077 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5953, 33.2901, 28.4326)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8C8A #8AC9CB

analogous

#CB8AA9 #CB8C8A #CBAD8A

triadic

#CB8C8A #8ACB8C #8C8ACB

tetradic

#CB8C8A #A9CB8A #8AC9CB #AD8ACB

square

#CB8C8A #A9CB8A #8AC9CB #AD8ACB

split-complementary

#CB8C8A #8ACBAD #8AA9CB

monochromatic

#974643 #B86260 #CB8C8A #DEB6B4 #F1DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#CB8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#CB8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8C8A

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8C8A	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8858C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.077 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcaeac',
    500: '#cb8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8c8a;
$custom-light: #dcaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.846,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70209,
    "c": 0.07743,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8C8A

secondary

#CEE2E3

accent

#AEB134

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#151010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8C8A

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

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