#CD998C#CD998C

#CD998C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.066 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD998C
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 140)
HSL	hsl(12, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(12, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 31.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 17.65, 14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 22.80, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0541 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.066 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3027, 37.6573, 29.8989)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD998C #8CC0CD

analogous

#CD8C9F #CD998C #CDB98C

triadic

#CD998C #8CCD99 #998CCD

tetradic

#CD998C #9FCD8C #8CC0CD #B98CCD

square

#CD998C #9FCD8C #8CC0CD #B98CCD

split-complementary

#CD998C #8CCDB9 #8C9FCD

monochromatic

#9B5543 #BA7361 #CD998C #E0BFB7 #F2E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD998C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CD998C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD998C

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD998C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD998C	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)

#A59F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd998c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.066 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7ad',
    500: '#cd998c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd998c;
$custom-light: #ddb7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd998c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7288,
    "c": 0.06566,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD998C

secondary

#D0E0E4

accent

#99B233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD998C

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

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