#CD9990#CD9990

#CD9990 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.064 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9990
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(9, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(9, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 29.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 18.19, 12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 21.97, 34.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0557 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.064 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6031, 37.7774, 31.4806)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9990 #90C4CD

analogous

#CD90A5 #CD9990 #CDB790

triadic

#CD9990 #90CD99 #9990CD

tetradic

#CD9990 #A5CD90 #90C4CD #B790CD

square

#CD9990 #A5CD90 #90C4CD #B790CD

split-complementary

#CD9990 #90CDB7 #90A5CD

monochromatic

#9C5346 #BA7266 #CD9990 #E0C0BA #F3E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#CD9990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9990

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9990	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#A49F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.064 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7b0',
    500: '#cd9990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9990;
$custom-light: #ddb7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.852,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72979,
    "c": 0.06424,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9990

secondary

#D3E3E6

accent

#9FB135

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9990

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

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