#CD8A81#CD8A81

#CD8A81 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.084 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A81
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 129)
HSL	hsl(7, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(7, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, 24.46, 15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 28.83, 31.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.0741 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.084 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2292, 32.7438, 25.0713)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A81 #81C4CD

analogous

#CD819E #CD8A81 #CDB081

triadic

#CD8A81 #81CD8A #8A81CD

tetradic

#CD8A81 #9ECD81 #81C4CD #B081CD

square

#CD8A81 #9ECD81 #81C4CD #B081CD

split-complementary

#CD8A81 #81CDB0 #819ECD

monochromatic

#97473C #BC6155 #CD8A81 #DEB3AD #F0DBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CD8A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#CD8A81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A81

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A81	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)

#989380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.084 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaca5',
    500: '#cd8a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a81;
$custom-light: #deaca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.105,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69852,
    "c": 0.08383,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A81

secondary

#C8DFE2

accent

#A6B62F

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#15100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A81

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

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