#CD9897#CD9897

#CD9897 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.064 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9897
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 151)
HSL	hsl(1, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(1, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 19.70, 8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 21.38, 22.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0601 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.064 20)
XYZ	xyz(41.9917, 37.6722, 34.3318)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9897 #97CCCD

analogous

#CD97B1 #CD9897 #CDB397

triadic

#CD9897 #97CD98 #9897CD

tetradic

#CD9897 #B1CD97 #97CCCD #B397CD

square

#CD9897 #B1CD97 #97CCCD #B397CD

split-complementary

#CD9897 #97CDB3 #97B1CD

monochromatic

#9E4D4C #B96F6E #CD9897 #E1C1C0 #F5EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CD9897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9897

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9897	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)

#A29F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.064 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb6b5',
    500: '#cd9897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9897;
$custom-light: #ddb6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.111,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72972,
    "c": 0.06398,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.3767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9897

secondary

#D8E7E8

accent

#ACAE38

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9897

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

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