#CD8979#CD8979

#CD8979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.087 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8979
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(11, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, 24.07, 19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 30.80, 38.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0726 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.087 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5753, 32.2537, 22.3320)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8979 #79BDCD

analogous

#CD7993 #CD8979 #CDB379

triadic

#CD8979 #79CD89 #8979CD

tetradic

#CD8979 #93CD79 #79BDCD #B379CD

square

#CD8979 #93CD79 #79BDCD #B379CD

split-complementary

#CD8979 #79CDB3 #7993CD

monochromatic

#944937 #BC624C #CD8979 #DEB0A6 #EED7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CD8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#CD8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8979

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8979	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.087 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac9f',
    500: '#cd8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8979;
$custom-light: #deac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69488,
    "c": 0.08734,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8979

secondary

#C2DAE0

accent

#9EB92D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8979

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

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