#CD9595#CD9595

#CD9595 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.068 H 18.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9595
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 149)
HSL	hsl(0, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(0, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 27.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 21.06, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 22.65, 21.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0642 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.068 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3499, 36.6462, 33.3234)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9595 #95CDCD

analogous

#CD95B1 #CD9595 #CDB195

triadic

#CD9595 #95CD95 #9595CD

tetradic

#CD9595 #B1CD95 #95CDCD #B195CD

square

#CD9595 #B1CD95 #95CDCD #B195CD

split-complementary

#CD9595 #95CDB1 #95B1CD

monochromatic

#9D4A4A #B96B6B #CD9595 #E1BFBF #F4E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#CD9595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9595

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9595	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.068 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb4b4',
    500: '#cd9595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9595;
$custom-light: #ddb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72363,
    "c": 0.06782,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9595

secondary

#D7E7E7

accent

#AFAF37

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9595

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

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