#CD8A7E#CD8A7E

#CD8A7E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.085 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A7E
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(9, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(9, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 38.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, 24.10, 16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 29.41, 34.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0729 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.085 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0327, 32.6652, 24.0365)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A7E #7EC1CD

analogous

#CD7E9A #CD8A7E #CDB27E

triadic

#CD8A7E #7ECD8A #8A7ECD

tetradic

#CD8A7E #9ACD7E #7EC1CD #B27ECD

square

#CD8A7E #9ACD7E #7EC1CD #B27ECD

split-complementary

#CD8A7E #7ECDB2 #7E9ACD

monochromatic

#96483A #BC6252 #CD8A7E #DEB2AA #EFDAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CD8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#CD8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A7E

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A7E	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.085 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaca3',
    500: '#cd8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a7e;
$custom-light: #deaca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.114,
    "s": 44.134,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69782,
    "c": 0.08467,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A7E

secondary

#C6DDE1

accent

#A2B72E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F3

border

#D4CECD

text

#15100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A7E

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

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