#CD9591#CD9591

#CD9591 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.068 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9591
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 145)
HSL	hsl(4, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(4, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 29.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 20.51, 10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 23.01, 26.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0626 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.068 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0361, 36.5207, 31.6703)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9591 #91C9CD

analogous

#CD91AB #CD9591 #CDB391

triadic

#CD9591 #91CD95 #9591CD

tetradic

#CD9591 #ABCD91 #91C9CD #B391CD

square

#CD9591 #ABCD91 #91C9CD #B391CD

split-complementary

#CD9591 #91CDB3 #91ABCD

monochromatic

#9C4D47 #BA6C67 #CD9591 #E0BEBB #F3E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CD9591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9591

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9591	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.068 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb4b1',
    500: '#cd9591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9591;
$custom-light: #ddb4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72258,
    "c": 0.06827,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9591

secondary

#D4E5E6

accent

#A8B035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F5

border

#D4D0CF

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9591

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

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