#CD6972#CD6972

#CD6972 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.127 H 15.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6972
RGB	rgb(205, 105, 114)
HSL	hsl(355, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 40.35, 13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 42.50, 18.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% 0.1219 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.127 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2677, 24.3005, 18.8548)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6972 #69CDC4

analogous

#CD69A4 #CD6972 #CD9269

triadic

#CD6972 #72CD69 #6972CD

tetradic

#CD6972 #A4CD69 #69CDC4 #9269CD

square

#CD6972 #A4CD69 #69CDC4 #9269CD

split-complementary

#CD6972 #69CD92 #69A4CD

monochromatic

#8D2F37 #BB3E49 #CD6972 #DC979D #ECC5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#CD6972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#CD6972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6972

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6972	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD5D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 105, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.127 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0969a',
    500: '#cd6972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6972;
$custom-light: #e0969a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.6,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63958,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6972

secondary

#B6DCD8

accent

#BDB028

background

#FEF9F9

surface

#FCF2F2

border

#D5CCCC

text

#160D0E

muted

#847E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6972

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

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