#CD9899#CD9899

#CD9899 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.064 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9899
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(359, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(359, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 19.98, 7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 21.27, 20.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0609 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.064 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1555, 37.7377, 35.1945)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9899 #98CDCC

analogous

#CD98B3 #CD9899 #CDB298

triadic

#CD9899 #99CD98 #9899CD

tetradic

#CD9899 #B3CD98 #98CDCC #B298CD

square

#CD9899 #B3CD98 #98CDCC #B298CD

split-complementary

#CD9899 #98CDB2 #98B3CD

monochromatic

#9E4D4E #B96F70 #CD9899 #E1C1C2 #F5EAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#CD9899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9899

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9899	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.064 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb6b7',
    500: '#cd9899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9899;
$custom-light: #ddb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.868,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73026,
    "c": 0.06386,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9899

secondary

#D9E8E8

accent

#ADAB38

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9899

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

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