#CD978D#CD978D

#CD978D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.067 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD978D
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(9, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(9, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 31.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 18.88, 13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 23.05, 35.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0578 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.067 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0522, 37.0377, 30.1808)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD978D #8DC3CD

analogous

#CD8DA3 #CD978D #CDB78D

triadic

#CD978D #8DCD97 #978DCD

tetradic

#CD978D #A3CD8D #8DC3CD #B78DCD

square

#CD978D #A3CD8D #8DC3CD #B78DCD

split-complementary

#CD978D #8DCDB7 #8DA3CD

monochromatic

#9B5244 #BA7062 #CD978D #E0BEB8 #F2E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#CD978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD978D

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD978D	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.067 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb5ae',
    500: '#cd978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd978d;
$custom-light: #ddb5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.375,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7253,
    "c": 0.06712,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD978D

secondary

#D1E2E5

accent

#9EB233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD978D

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

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