#CD979E#CD979E

#CD979E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.065 H 10.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD979E
RGB	rgb(205, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(352, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(352, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 21.26, 4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 21.69, 11.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0645 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.065 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4156, 37.5831, 37.3612)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD979E #97CDC6

analogous

#CD97B9 #CD979E #CDAB97

triadic

#CD979E #9ECD97 #979ECD

tetradic

#CD979E #B9CD97 #97CDC6 #AB97CD

square

#CD979E #B9CD97 #97CDC6 #AB97CD

split-complementary

#CD979E #97CDAB #97B9CD

monochromatic

#9E4C56 #B96E77 #CD979E #E1C0C5 #F5EAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CD979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD979E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD979E	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.065 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb6ba',
    500: '#cd979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd979e;
$custom-light: #ddb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.222,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72978,
    "c": 0.06549,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD979E

secondary

#D8E8E6

accent

#AE9F38

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD979E

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

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