#CD9696#CD9696

#CD9696 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.067 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9696
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(0, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(0, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 20.65, 8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 22.20, 21.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.063 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.067 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5890, 36.9961, 33.7986)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9696 #96CDCD

analogous

#CD96B2 #CD9696 #CDB296

triadic

#CD9696 #96CD96 #9696CD

tetradic

#CD9696 #B2CD96 #96CDCD #B296CD

square

#CD9696 #B2CD96 #96CDCD #B296CD

split-complementary

#CD9696 #96CDB2 #96B2CD

monochromatic

#9E4B4B #B96D6D #CD9696 #E1BFBF #F4E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CD9696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9696

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9696	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.067 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb5b4',
    500: '#cd9696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9696;
$custom-light: #ddb5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.06651,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9696

secondary

#D8E7E7

accent

#AEAE37

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9696

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

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