#CD8579#CD8579

#CD8579 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.091 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8579
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 121)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(9, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, 26.24, 17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 31.79, 34.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0791 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.091 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0172, 31.1375, 22.1460)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8579 #79C1CD

analogous

#CD7997 #CD8579 #CDAF79

triadic

#CD8579 #79CD85 #8579CD

tetradic

#CD8579 #97CD79 #79C1CD #AF79CD

square

#CD8579 #97CD79 #79C1CD #AF79CD

split-complementary

#CD8579 #79CDAF #7997CD

monochromatic

#944537 #BC5C4C #CD8579 #DEAEA6 #EED6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CD8579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CD8579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8579

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8579	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.091 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa99f',
    500: '#cd8579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8579;
$custom-light: #dfa99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68773,
    "c": 0.0913,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8579

secondary

#C2DBE0

accent

#A5B92D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8579

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

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