#CB9999#CB9999

#CB9999 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.060 H 18.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9999
RGB	rgb(203, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 24.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 18.68, 7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 20.05, 21.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.057 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.06 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7702, 37.7809, 35.2231)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9999 #99CBCB

analogous

#CB99B2 #CB9999 #CBB299

triadic

#CB9999 #99CB99 #9999CB

tetradic

#CB9999 #B2CB99 #99CBCB #B299CB

square

#CB9999 #B2CB99 #99CBCB #B299CB

split-complementary

#CB9999 #99CBB2 #99B2CB

monochromatic

#9B4F4F #B67070 #CB9999 #E0C2C2 #F4EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CB9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CB9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9999

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9999	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.060 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb7b7',
    500: '#cb9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9999;
$custom-light: #dbb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73003,
    "c": 0.06017,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9999

secondary

#D9E7E7

accent

#ABAB3A

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9999

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

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