#CD9596#CD9596

#CD9596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.068 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9596
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(359, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 21.20, 7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 22.59, 20.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0646 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.068 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4301, 36.6783, 33.7456)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9596 #95CDCC

analogous

#CD95B2 #CD9596 #CDB095

triadic

#CD9596 #96CD95 #9596CD

tetradic

#CD9596 #B2CD95 #95CDCC #B095CD

square

#CD9596 #B2CD95 #95CDCC #B095CD

split-complementary

#CD9596 #95CDB0 #95B2CD

monochromatic

#9D4A4C #B96B6D #CD9596 #E1BFBF #F4E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CD9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9596

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9596	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.068 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb4b4',
    500: '#cd9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9596;
$custom-light: #ddb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.929,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7239,
    "c": 0.06777,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9596

secondary

#D7E7E7

accent

#AFAD37

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9596

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

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