#CD9799#CD9799

#CD9799 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.065 H 16.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9799
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(358, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(358, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 20.53, 6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 21.67, 18.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0625 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.065 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9939, 37.4144, 35.1406)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9799 #97CDCB

analogous

#CD97B4 #CD9799 #CDB097

triadic

#CD9799 #99CD97 #9799CD

tetradic

#CD9799 #B4CD97 #97CDCB #B097CD

square

#CD9799 #B4CD97 #97CDCB #B097CD

split-complementary

#CD9799 #97CDB0 #97B4CD

monochromatic

#9E4C4F #B96E70 #CD9799 #E1C0C2 #F5EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CD9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9799

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9799	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.065 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb6b7',
    500: '#cd9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9799;
$custom-light: #ddb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7284,
    "c": 0.06515,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9799

secondary

#D8E8E7

accent

#AEAA38

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9799

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

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