#CD9489#CD9489

#CD9489 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.071 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9489
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 137)
HSL	hsl(10, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(10, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 33.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 19.99, 14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 24.60, 35.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.061 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.071 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2833, 35.9675, 28.4827)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9489 #89C2CD

analogous

#CD89A0 #CD9489 #CDB689

triadic

#CD9489 #89CD94 #9489CD

tetradic

#CD9489 #A0CD89 #89C2CD #B689CD

square

#CD9489 #A0CD89 #89C2CD #B689CD

split-complementary

#CD9489 #89CDB6 #89A0CD

monochromatic

#9A5041 #BB6D5E #CD9489 #DFBBB4 #F1E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD9489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#CD9489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9489

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9489	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.071 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb3ab',
    500: '#cd9489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9489;
$custom-light: #deb3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.706,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.0713,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9489

secondary

#CEE0E4

accent

#9FB432

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9489

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

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