#CD978B#CD978B

#CD978B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.068 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD978B
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(11, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(11, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 32.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 18.61, 14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 23.46, 37.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.057 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.068 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9047, 36.9788, 29.4042)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD978B #8BC1CD

analogous

#CD8BA0 #CD978B #CDB88B

triadic

#CD978B #8BCD97 #978BCD

tetradic

#CD978B #A0CD8B #8BC1CD #B88BCD

square

#CD978B #A0CD8B #8BC1CD #B88BCD

split-complementary

#CD978B #8BCDB8 #8BA0CD

monochromatic

#9B5343 #BB7160 #CD978B #DFBDB6 #F2E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CD978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD978B

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD978B	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.068 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb5ac',
    500: '#cd978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd978b;
$custom-light: #ddb5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72481,
    "c": 0.06781,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD978B

secondary

#D0E0E4

accent

#9BB333

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD978B

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

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