#CD8581#CD8581

#CD8581 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.090 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8581
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 129)
HSL	hsl(3, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(3, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 27.18, 13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 30.41, 26.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0823 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.09 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5283, 31.3420, 24.8376)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8581 #81C9CD

analogous

#CD81A3 #CD8581 #CDAB81

triadic

#CD8581 #81CD85 #8581CD

tetradic

#CD8581 #A3CD81 #81C9CD #AB81CD

square

#CD8581 #A3CD81 #81C9CD #AB81CD

split-complementary

#CD8581 #81CDAB #81A3CD

monochromatic

#97413C #BC5B55 #CD8581 #DEAFAD #F0DAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CD8581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#CD8581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8581

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8581	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59D80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.090 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea9a5',
    500: '#cd8581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8581;
$custom-light: #dea9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68961,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8581

secondary

#C8E0E2

accent

#AFB62F

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#15100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8581

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

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