#CD978C#CD978C

#CD978C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.067 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD978C
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(10, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(10, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 31.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 18.75, 13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 23.25, 36.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0574 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.067 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9781, 37.0081, 29.7907)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD978C #8CC2CD

analogous

#CD8CA1 #CD978C #CDB88C

triadic

#CD978C #8CCD97 #978CCD

tetradic

#CD978C #A1CD8C #8CC2CD #B88CCD

square

#CD978C #A1CD8C #8CC2CD #B88CCD

split-complementary

#CD978C #8CCDB8 #8CA1CD

monochromatic

#9B5243 #BA7061 #CD978C #E0BEB7 #F2E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CD978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD978C

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD978C	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)

#A39D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.067 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb5ad',
    500: '#cd978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd978c;
$custom-light: #ddb5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.154,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72505,
    "c": 0.06745,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD978C

secondary

#D0E1E4

accent

#9DB233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD978C

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

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