#CD8A79#CD8A79

#CD8A79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.086 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A79
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(12, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(12, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 23.52, 19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 30.58, 39.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0709 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.086 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7181, 32.5393, 22.3796)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A79 #79BCCD

analogous

#CD7992 #CD8A79 #CDB479

triadic

#CD8A79 #79CD8A #8A79CD

tetradic

#CD8A79 #92CD79 #79BCCD #B479CD

square

#CD8A79 #92CD79 #79BCCD #B479CD

split-complementary

#CD8A79 #79CDB4 #7992CD

monochromatic

#944A37 #BC634C #CD8A79 #DEB1A6 #EED8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CD8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#CD8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A79

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A79	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.086 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac9f',
    500: '#cd8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a79;
$custom-light: #deac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.143,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69669,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A79

secondary

#C2DAE0

accent

#9CB92D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A79

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

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