#CD9499#CD9499

#CD9499 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.069 H 13.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9499
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 153)
HSL	hsl(355, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(355, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, 22.17, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 22.94, 14.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0674 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.069 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5173, 36.4611, 34.9817)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9499 #94CDC8

analogous

#CD94B6 #CD9499 #CDAC94

triadic

#CD9499 #99CD94 #9499CD

tetradic

#CD9499 #B6CD94 #94CDC8 #AC94CD

square

#CD9499 #B6CD94 #94CDC8 #AC94CD

split-complementary

#CD9499 #94CDAC #94B6CD

monochromatic

#9D4951 #BA6A71 #CD9499 #E0BEC1 #F4E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CD9499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9499

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9499	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)

#9D9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.069 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb3b7',
    500: '#cd9499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9499;
$custom-light: #ddb3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.737,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72287,
    "c": 0.06916,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9499

secondary

#D6E7E5

accent

#AFA536

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9499

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

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