#CD9685#CD9685

#CD9685 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.071 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9685
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 133)
HSL	hsl(14, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(14, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 35.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 18.40, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 25.12, 42.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0562 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.071 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3181, 36.4877, 27.1050)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9685 #85BCCD

analogous

#CD8598 #CD9685 #CDBA85

triadic

#CD9685 #85CD96 #9685CD

tetradic

#CD9685 #98CD85 #85BCCD #BA85CD

square

#CD9685 #98CD85 #85BCCD #BA85CD

split-complementary

#CD9685 #85CDBA #8598CD

monochromatic

#99543F #BB715A #CD9685 #DFBBB0 #F1E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CD9685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CD9685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9685

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9685	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)

#A39C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.071 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb5a8',
    500: '#cd9685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9685;
$custom-light: #deb5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.167,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72152,
    "c": 0.07115,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9685

secondary

#CBDDE3

accent

#96B531

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9685

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

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