#CD9896#CD9896

#CD9896 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.064 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9896
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(2, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(2, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 19.56, 8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 21.46, 24.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0597 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.064 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9109, 37.6398, 33.9059)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9896 #96CBCD

analogous

#CD96B0 #CD9896 #CDB496

triadic

#CD9896 #96CD98 #9896CD

tetradic

#CD9896 #B0CD96 #96CBCD #B496CD

square

#CD9896 #B0CD96 #96CBCD #B496CD

split-complementary

#CD9896 #96CDB4 #96B0CD

monochromatic

#9E4E4B #B96F6D #CD9896 #E1C1BF #F4E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CD9896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9896

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9896	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.064 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb6b4',
    500: '#cd9896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9896;
$custom-light: #ddb6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.182,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.06407,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9896

secondary

#D8E7E7

accent

#AAAE37

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9896

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

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