#CD978E#CD978E

#CD978E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.067 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD978E
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(9, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(9, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 19.01, 12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 22.86, 33.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.0582 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.067 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1269, 37.0676, 30.5745)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD978E #8EC4CD

analogous

#CD8EA4 #CD978E #CDB68E

triadic

#CD978E #8ECD97 #978ECD

tetradic

#CD978E #A4CD8E #8EC4CD #B68ECD

square

#CD978E #A4CD8E #8EC4CD #B68ECD

split-complementary

#CD978E #8ECDB6 #8EA4CD

monochromatic

#9C5145 #BA7064 #CD978E #E0BEB8 #F3E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#CD978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD978E

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD978E	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)

#A29E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.067 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb5af',
    500: '#cd978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd978e;
$custom-light: #ddb5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.06682,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD978E

secondary

#D2E2E5

accent

#A0B234

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD978E

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

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