#CD978A#CD978A

#CD978A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.068 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD978A
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(12, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 18.48, 14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 23.68, 38.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0566 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.068 34)
XYZ	xyz(40.8320, 36.9497, 29.0211)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD978A #8AC0CD

analogous

#CD8A9E #CD978A #CDB98A

triadic

#CD978A #8ACD97 #978ACD

tetradic

#CD978A #9ECD8A #8AC0CD #B98ACD

square

#CD978A #9ECD8A #8AC0CD #B98ACD

split-complementary

#CD978A #8ACDB9 #8A9ECD

monochromatic

#9B5342 #BB715F #CD978A #DFBDB5 #F2E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CD978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD978A

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD978A	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.068 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb5ac',
    500: '#cd978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd978a;
$custom-light: #ddb5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72457,
    "c": 0.06818,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.36947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD978A

secondary

#CFE0E4

accent

#9AB332

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD978A

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

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