#CD8C8D#CD8C8D

#CD8C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.080 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8C8D
RGB	rgb(205, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(359, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(359, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 31.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 24.88, 9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 26.65, 20.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0756 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.08 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3638, 33.6609, 29.6180)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8C8D #8CCDCC

analogous

#CD8CAD #CD8C8D #CDAB8C

triadic

#CD8C8D #8DCD8C #8C8DCD

tetradic

#CD8C8D #ADCD8C #8CCDCC #AB8CCD

square

#CD8C8D #ADCD8C #8CCDCC #AB8CCD

split-complementary

#CD8C8D #8CCDAB #8CADCD

monochromatic

#9B4345 #BA6163 #CD8C8D #E0B7B7 #F2E1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#CD8C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#CD8C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8C8D

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8C8D	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA858D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.080 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deaeae',
    500: '#cd8c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8c8d;
$custom-light: #deaeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.077,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70512,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8C8D

secondary

#D0E4E4

accent

#B2B033

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FBF4F4

border

#D4CECE

text

#151010

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8C8D

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

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