#CD8895#CD8895

#CD8895 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.086 H 7.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8895
RGB	rgb(205, 136, 149)
HSL	hsl(349, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(349, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 27.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 28.15, 3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 28.43, 8.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% 0.0852 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.086 7.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4068, 32.7599, 32.6756)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8895 #88CDC0

analogous

#CD88B8 #CD8895 #CD9E88

triadic

#CD8895 #95CD88 #8895CD

tetradic

#CD8895 #B8CD88 #88CDC0 #9E88CD

square

#CD8895 #B8CD88 #88CDC0 #9E88CD

split-complementary

#CD8895 #88CD9E #88B8CD

monochromatic

#9A4151 #BB5D6F #CD8895 #DFB3BB #F1DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CD8895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#CD8895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8895

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8895	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 136, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.086 7.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deabb4',
    500: '#cd8895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8895;
$custom-light: #deabb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.696,
    "s": 40.828,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70019,
    "c": 0.08592,
    "h": 7.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8895

secondary

#CDE3DF

accent

#B49B32

background

#FDFAFB

surface

#FBF4F6

border

#D4CED0

text

#151011

muted

#837F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8895

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

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