#CC8481#CC8481

#CC8481 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.089 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8481
RGB	rgb(204, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(2, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(2, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 36.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, 27.34, 13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 30.33, 25.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% 0.0828 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.09 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1170, 30.9276, 24.7793)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8481 #81C9CC

analogous

#CC81A3 #CC8481 #CCA981

triadic

#CC8481 #81CC84 #8481CC

tetradic

#CC8481 #A3CC81 #81C9CC #A981CC

square

#CC8481 #A3CC81 #81C9CC #A981CC

split-complementary

#CC8481 #81CCA9 #81A3CC

monochromatic

#96403D #BA5955 #CC8481 #DEAFAD #EFD9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CC8481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#CC8481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8481

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8481	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.089 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea8a5',
    500: '#cc8481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8481;
$custom-light: #dea8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68667,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8481

secondary

#C8E0E1

accent

#B0B530

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#15100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8481

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

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