#CC8A81#CC8A81

#CC8A81 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.083 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A81
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 129)
HSL	hsl(7, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(7, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 36.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 24.07, 15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 28.41, 32.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.073 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.083 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9542, 32.6019, 25.0584)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A81 #81C3CC

analogous

#CC819D #CC8A81 #CCAF81

triadic

#CC8A81 #81CC8A #8A81CC

tetradic

#CC8A81 #9DCC81 #81C3CC #AF81CC

square

#CC8A81 #9DCC81 #81C3CC #AF81CC

split-complementary

#CC8A81 #81CCAF #819DCC

monochromatic

#96473D #BA6255 #CC8A81 #DEB2AD #EFDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CC8A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#CC8A81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A81

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A81	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.083 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaca5',
    500: '#cc8a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a81;
$custom-light: #ddaca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69738,
    "c": 0.08261,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A81

secondary

#C8DEE1

accent

#A5B530

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#15100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A81

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

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