#CB6843Terracotta (#CB6843) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 41°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.136. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #CB6843 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(203, 104, 67) |
| HSL | hsl(16, 57%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(16, 67%, 80%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 49%, 67%, 20%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(55.1 36.3 38.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.626 0.136 41) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Terracotta is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#cd643c — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#cf6840 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#cb6843 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#cc6944 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedAgainst white it measures 3.75:1 and against black 5.6:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffd6c7 · #f89e7d · #cb6843 · #a94f2c · #7d2d0a · #4d1500
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#d6a25d · #d2854a · #cb6843 · #b55550 · #9b4557 · #7f385a
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#b5a675 · #cb6843 · #a15132 · #604d00 · #5d1b00 · #241b00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ffece5 · #34d1fb · #cb6843 · #7d6056 · #6b3a29 · #41241a
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e5f5fb · #b39e97 · #cb6843 · #657074 · #3c2821 · #000203
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e7f5f9 · #becdd3 · #90a2a8 · #142c33 · #00090f · #cb6843
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#dff7ff · #44b3d3 · #cb6843 · #007a95 · #003341 · #220300
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ceddba · #93c0ba · #cb6843 · #4b7aa6 · #344135 · #160e04
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dbfbe9 · #5fb98d · #cb6843 · #6161ba · #262064 · #000401
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e8f8dc · #8cb168 · #cb6843 · #007a95 · #3f1557 · #000408
#D77E5E · #E39578 · #EEAB92 · #F9C1AD · #FFD9CB
#AB5231 · #8C3D1F · #6E290C · #511600 · #320900
#BE7154 · #B17863 · #A37F72
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.