#CE8A79#CE8A79

#CE8A79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.088 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE8A79
RGB	rgb(206, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(12, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(12, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 41.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 23.92, 19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 30.99, 39.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0721 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.088 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9949, 32.6821, 22.3926)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE8A79 #79BDCE

analogous

#CE7993 #CE8A79 #CEB579

triadic

#CE8A79 #79CE8A #8A79CE

tetradic

#CE8A79 #93CE79 #79BDCE #B579CE

square

#CE8A79 #93CE79 #79BDCE #B579CE

split-complementary

#CE8A79 #79CEB5 #7993CE

monochromatic

#964A37 #BE634C #CE8A79 #DEB1A6 #EFD8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CE8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#CE8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE8A79

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE8A79	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.088 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac9f',
    500: '#ce8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce8a79;
$custom-light: #dfac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69785,
    "c": 0.08761,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE8A79

secondary

#C3DAE0

accent

#9DBA2C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE8A79

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

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