#CD9787#CD9787

#CD9787 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.069 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9787
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 135)
HSL	hsl(14, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(14, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 34.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 18.10, 16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 24.41, 42.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0553 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.069 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6178, 36.8640, 27.8930)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9787 #87BDCD

analogous

#CD879A #CD9787 #CDBA87

triadic

#CD9787 #87CD97 #9787CD

tetradic

#CD9787 #9ACD87 #87BDCD #BA87CD

square

#CD9787 #9ACD87 #87BDCD #BA87CD

split-complementary

#CD9787 #87CDBA #879ACD

monochromatic

#9A5440 #BB725C #CD9787 #DFBCB2 #F1E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CD9787 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9787

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9787	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.069 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb5aa',
    500: '#cd9787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9787;
$custom-light: #deb5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.714,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72386,
    "c": 0.06944,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9787

secondary

#CDDEE3

accent

#96B431

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9787

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

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