#CD9490#CD9490

#CD9490 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.070 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9490
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 144)
HSL	hsl(4, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(4, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 29.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 20.92, 10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 23.46, 26.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0638 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.07 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8018, 36.1749, 31.2135)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9490 #90C9CD

analogous

#CD90AA #CD9490 #CDB290

triadic

#CD9490 #90CD94 #9490CD

tetradic

#CD9490 #AACD90 #90C9CD #B290CD

square

#CD9490 #AACD90 #90C9CD #B290CD

split-complementary

#CD9490 #90CDB2 #90AACD

monochromatic

#9C4C46 #BA6B66 #CD9490 #E0BDBA #F3E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#CD9490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9490

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9490	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.070 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb3b0',
    500: '#cd9490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9490;
$custom-light: #ddb3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.934,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72048,
    "c": 0.06957,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9490

secondary

#D3E4E6

accent

#A9B135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9490

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

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