#CD9599#CD9599

#CD9599 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.068 H 14.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9599
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(356, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(356, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 21.63, 6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 22.51, 16.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0657 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.068 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6748, 36.7762, 35.0342)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9599 #95CDC9

analogous

#CD95B5 #CD9599 #CDAD95

triadic

#CD9599 #99CD95 #9599CD

tetradic

#CD9599 #B5CD95 #95CDC9 #AD95CD

square

#CD9599 #B5CD95 #95CDC9 #AD95CD

split-complementary

#CD9599 #95CDAD #95B5CD

monochromatic

#9D4A50 #B96B71 #CD9599 #E1BFC1 #F4E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#CD9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9599

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9599	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.068 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb4b7',
    500: '#cd9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9599;
$custom-light: #ddb4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72471,
    "c": 0.06779,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9599

secondary

#D7E7E6

accent

#AFA637

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9599

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

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