#CD8997#CD8997

#CD8997 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.085 H 6.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8997
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 151)
HSL	hsl(348, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(348, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 27.89, 3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 28.08, 6.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0844 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.085 6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7093, 33.1073, 33.5710)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8997 #89CDBF

analogous

#CD89B9 #CD8997 #CD9D89

triadic

#CD8997 #97CD89 #8997CD

tetradic

#CD8997 #B9CD89 #89CDBF #9D89CD

square

#CD8997 #B9CD89 #89CDBF #9D89CD

split-complementary

#CD8997 #89CD9D #89B9CD

monochromatic

#9A4154 #BB5E71 #CD8997 #DFB4BD #F1DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CD8997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#CD8997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8997

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8997	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9848E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.085 6.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddacb5',
    500: '#cd8997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8997;
$custom-light: #ddacb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.647,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70252,
    "c": 0.08484,
    "h": 6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8997

secondary

#CEE4DF

accent

#B49932

background

#FDFAFB

surface

#FBF4F6

border

#D4CED0

text

#151011

muted

#837F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8997

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

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