#CD9498#CD9498

#CD9498 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.069 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9498
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 152)
HSL	hsl(356, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(356, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 25.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 22.03, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 22.95, 16.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.067 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.069 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4350, 36.4282, 34.5485)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9498 #94CDC9

analogous

#CD94B5 #CD9498 #CDAD94

triadic

#CD9498 #98CD94 #9498CD

tetradic

#CD9498 #B5CD94 #94CDC9 #AD94CD

square

#CD9498 #B5CD94 #94CDC9 #AD94CD

split-complementary

#CD9498 #94CDAD #94B5CD

monochromatic

#9D494F #BA6A70 #CD9498 #E0BEC0 #F4E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CD9498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9498

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9498	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.069 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb3b6',
    500: '#cd9498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9498;
$custom-light: #ddb3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.789,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7226,
    "c": 0.0691,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9498

secondary

#D6E7E6

accent

#AFA736

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9498

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

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