#CD9485#CD9485

#CD9485 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.073 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9485
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 133)
HSL	hsl(13, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(13, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 35.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 19.49, 16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 25.49, 40.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0594 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.073 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0016, 35.8548, 26.9995)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9485 #85BECD

analogous

#CD859A #CD9485 #CDB885

triadic

#CD9485 #85CD94 #9485CD

tetradic

#CD9485 #9ACD85 #85BECD #B885CD

square

#CD9485 #9ACD85 #85BECD #B885CD

split-complementary

#CD9485 #85CDB8 #859ACD

monochromatic

#99513F #BB6E5A #CD9485 #DFBAB0 #F1E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CD9485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#CD9485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9485

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9485	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.073 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb3a8',
    500: '#cd9485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9485;
$custom-light: #deb3a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71778,
    "c": 0.07279,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9485

secondary

#CBDEE3

accent

#99B531

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9485

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

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