#CD8181#CD8181

#CD8181 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.094 H 19.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8181
RGB	rgb(205, 129, 129)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 29.34, 12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 31.85, 22.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.0889 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.094 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9911, 30.2675, 24.6586)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8181 #81CDCD

analogous

#CD81A7 #CD8181 #CDA781

triadic

#CD8181 #81CD81 #8181CD

tetradic

#CD8181 #A7CD81 #81CDCD #A781CD

square

#CD8181 #A7CD81 #81CDCD #A781CD

split-complementary

#CD8181 #81CDA7 #81A7CD

monochromatic

#973C3C #BC5555 #CD8181 #DEADAD #F0D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#CD8181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#CD8181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8181

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8181	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 129, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.094 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea6a5',
    500: '#cd8181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8181;
$custom-light: #dea6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68262,
    "c": 0.09447,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8181

secondary

#C8E2E2

accent

#B6B62F

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#150F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8181

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

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