#CC8C8A#CC8C8A

#CC8C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.079 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8C8A
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(2, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 32.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 24.11, 10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 26.48, 24.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0733 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.079 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8686, 33.4310, 28.4454)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8C8A #8ACACC

analogous

#CC8AA9 #CC8C8A #CCAD8A

triadic

#CC8C8A #8ACC8C #8C8ACC

tetradic

#CC8C8A #A9CC8A #8ACACC #AD8ACC

square

#CC8C8A #A9CC8A #8ACACC #AD8ACC

split-complementary

#CC8C8A #8ACCAD #8AA9CC

monochromatic

#994543 #B9625F #CC8C8A #DFB6B5 #F1E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CC8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#CC8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8C8A

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8C8A	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9858C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.079 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddaeac',
    500: '#cc8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8c8a;
$custom-light: #ddaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.07865,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8C8A

secondary

#CEE3E3

accent

#AEB233

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#151010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8C8A

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

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