#CC8979#CC8979

#CC8979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.086 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8979
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(12, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(12, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 40.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.44, 23.67, 19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.44, 30.38, 38.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0714 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.086 34)
XYZ	xyz(37.3003, 32.1119, 22.3191)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8979 #79BCCC

analogous

#CC7992 #CC8979 #CCB279

triadic

#CC8979 #79CC89 #8979CC

tetradic

#CC8979 #92CC79 #79BCCC #B279CC

square

#CC8979 #92CC79 #79BCCC #B279CC

split-complementary

#CC8979 #79CCB2 #7992CC

monochromatic

#934938 #BB624D #CC8979 #DDB0A5 #EED7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CC8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#CC8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8979

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8979	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.086 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac9f',
    500: '#cc8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8979;
$custom-light: #deac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.566,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69373,
    "c": 0.08615,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.32109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8979

secondary

#C2D9DF

accent

#9DB82D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8979

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

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