#CD8B79#CD8B79

#CD8B79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.086 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8B79
RGB	rgb(205, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(13, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(13, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 22.98, 19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 30.37, 40.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.0693 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.086 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8623, 32.8276, 22.4276)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8B79 #79BBCD

analogous

#CD7991 #CD8B79 #CDB579

triadic

#CD8B79 #79CD8B #8B79CD

tetradic

#CD8B79 #91CD79 #79BBCD #B579CD

square

#CD8B79 #91CD79 #79BBCD #B579CD

split-complementary

#CD8B79 #79CDB5 #7991CD

monochromatic

#944B37 #BC644C #CD8B79 #DEB2A6 #EED8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CD8B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#CD8B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8B79

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8B79	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.086 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dead9f',
    500: '#cd8b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8b79;
$custom-light: #dead9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69851,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8B79

secondary

#C2D9E0

accent

#9BB92D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8B79

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

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