#CD9699#CD9699

#CD9699 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.066 H 15.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9699
RGB	rgb(205, 150, 153)
HSL	hsl(357, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(357, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 21.08, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 22.08, 17.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0641 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.066 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8337, 37.0939, 35.0872)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9699 #96CDCA

analogous

#CD96B5 #CD9699 #CDAF96

triadic

#CD9699 #99CD96 #9699CD

tetradic

#CD9699 #B5CD96 #96CDCA #AF96CD

square

#CD9699 #B5CD96 #96CDCA #AF96CD

split-complementary

#CD9699 #96CDAF #96B5CD

monochromatic

#9E4B50 #B96D71 #CD9699 #E1BFC1 #F4E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CD9699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9699

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9699	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 150, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.066 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb5b7',
    500: '#cd9699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9699;
$custom-light: #ddb5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.727,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.06646,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9699

secondary

#D8E7E6

accent

#AEA837

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9699

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

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