#CD9495#CD9495

#CD9495 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.069 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9495
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 149)
HSL	hsl(359, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(359, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 27.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 21.60, 8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 23.04, 20.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0658 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.069 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1924, 36.3312, 33.2709)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9495 #94CDCC

analogous

#CD94B2 #CD9495 #CDB094

triadic

#CD9495 #95CD94 #9495CD

tetradic

#CD9495 #B2CD94 #94CDCC #B094CD

square

#CD9495 #B2CD94 #94CDCC #B094CD

split-complementary

#CD9495 #94CDB0 #94B2CD

monochromatic

#9D494B #BA6A6C #CD9495 #E0BEBE #F4E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD9495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#CD9495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9495

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9495	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.069 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb3b4',
    500: '#cd9495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9495;
$custom-light: #ddb3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.947,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72179,
    "c": 0.06909,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9495

secondary

#D6E7E6

accent

#AFAD36

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9495

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

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