#CD9689#CD9689

#CD9689 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.069 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9689
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 137)
HSL	hsl(11, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(11, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 33.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 18.90, 14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 24.13, 38.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0578 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.069 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5997, 36.6003, 28.5882)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9689 #89C0CD

analogous

#CD899E #CD9689 #CDB889

triadic

#CD9689 #89CD96 #9689CD

tetradic

#CD9689 #9ECD89 #89C0CD #B889CD

square

#CD9689 #9ECD89 #89C0CD #B889CD

split-complementary

#CD9689 #89CDB8 #899ECD

monochromatic

#9A5241 #BB705E #CD9689 #DFBCB4 #F1E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#CD9689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9689

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9689	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.069 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb5ab',
    500: '#cd9689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9689;
$custom-light: #ddb5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.471,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72246,
    "c": 0.06945,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9689

secondary

#CEE0E4

accent

#9BB432

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9689

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

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