#CD9588#CD9588

#CD9588 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.071 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9588
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 136)
HSL	hsl(11, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(11, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 33.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 19.32, 15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 24.57, 38.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.059 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.071 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3694, 36.2540, 28.1592)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9588 #88C0CD

analogous

#CD889E #CD9588 #CDB888

triadic

#CD9588 #88CD95 #9588CD

tetradic

#CD9588 #9ECD88 #88C0CD #B888CD

square

#CD9588 #9ECD88 #88C0CD #B888CD

split-complementary

#CD9588 #88CDB8 #889ECD

monochromatic

#9A5141 #BB6F5D #CD9588 #DFBBB3 #F1E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CD9588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CD9588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9588

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9588	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.071 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb4aa',
    500: '#cd9588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9588;
$custom-light: #deb4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.304,
    "s": 40.828,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72035,
    "c": 0.07073,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9588

secondary

#CDDFE3

accent

#9BB432

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9588

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

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