#CD838E#CD838E

#CD838E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.092 H 10.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD838E
RGB	rgb(205, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(351, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(351, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 29.91, 6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 30.52, 11.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0907 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.092 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1768, 31.1674, 29.5911)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD838E #83CDC2

analogous

#CD83B3 #CD838E #CD9D83

triadic

#CD838E #8ECD83 #838ECD

tetradic

#CD838E #B3CD83 #83CDC2 #9D83CD

square

#CD838E #B3CD83 #83CDC2 #9D83CD

split-complementary

#CD838E #83CD9D #83B3CD

monochromatic

#983D4B #BB5766 #CD838E #DFAFB6 #F0DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CD838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CD838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD838E

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD838E	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.092 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea8af',
    500: '#cd838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd838e;
$custom-light: #dea8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.081,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68951,
    "c": 0.09211,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD838E

secondary

#CAE2DE

accent

#B6A230

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#150F10

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD838E

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

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