#CD8C8A#CD8C8A

#CD8C8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.080 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C8A
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(2, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 24.49, 11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 26.90, 24.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0745 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.08 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1436, 33.5728, 28.4583)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C8A #8ACBCD

analogous

#CD8AAA #CD8C8A #CDAE8A

triadic

#CD8C8A #8ACD8C #8C8ACD

tetradic

#CD8C8A #AACD8A #8ACBCD #AE8ACD

square

#CD8C8A #AACD8A #8ACBCD #AE8ACD

split-complementary

#CD8C8A #8ACDAE #8AAACD

monochromatic

#9B4542 #BB625F #CD8C8A #DFB6B5 #F2E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#CD8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#CD8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C8A

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C8A	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA858C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.080 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaeac',
    500: '#cd8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c8a;
$custom-light: #deaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70434,
    "c": 0.07989,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C8A

secondary

#CFE3E4

accent

#AFB332

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#151010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C8A

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

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