#CC8A79#CC8A79

#CC8A79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.085 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A79
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(12, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(12, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 40.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 23.13, 19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 30.16, 39.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% 0.0698 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.085 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4431, 32.3975, 22.3667)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A79 #79BBCC

analogous

#CC7991 #CC8A79 #CCB379

triadic

#CC8A79 #79CC8A #8A79CC

tetradic

#CC8A79 #91CC79 #79BBCC #B379CC

square

#CC8A79 #91CC79 #79BBCC #B379CC

split-complementary

#CC8A79 #79CCB3 #7991CC

monochromatic

#934A38 #BB634D #CC8A79 #DDB1A5 #EED7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CC8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#CC8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A79

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A79	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.085 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac9f',
    500: '#cc8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a79;
$custom-light: #deac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.289,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69554,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A79

secondary

#C2D9DF

accent

#9CB82D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A79

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

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