#CD8D79#CD8D79

#CD8D79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.084 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8D79
RGB	rgb(205, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(14, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(14, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, 21.89, 20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 29.99, 43.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.066 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.084 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1545, 33.4121, 22.5250)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8D79 #79B9CD

analogous

#CD798F #CD8D79 #CDB779

triadic

#CD8D79 #79CD8D #8D79CD

tetradic

#CD8D79 #8FCD79 #79B9CD #B779CD

square

#CD8D79 #8FCD79 #79B9CD #B779CD

split-complementary

#CD8D79 #79CDB7 #798FCD

monochromatic

#944D37 #BC674C #CD8D79 #DEB3A6 #EED9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CD8D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#CD8D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8D79

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8D79	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.084 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deae9f',
    500: '#cd8d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8d79;
$custom-light: #deae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70215,
    "c": 0.08384,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8D79

secondary

#C2D9E0

accent

#97B92D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8D79

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

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