#CD9991#CD9991

#CD9991 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.064 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9991
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 145)
HSL	hsl(8, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(8, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 29.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 18.32, 11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 21.80, 32.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0561 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.064 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6798, 37.8082, 31.8849)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9991 #91C5CD

analogous

#CD91A7 #CD9991 #CDB791

triadic

#CD9991 #91CD99 #9991CD

tetradic

#CD9991 #A7CD91 #91C5CD #B791CD

square

#CD9991 #A7CD91 #91C5CD #B791CD

split-complementary

#CD9991 #91CDB7 #91A7CD

monochromatic

#9C5347 #BA7267 #CD9991 #E0C0BB #F3E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CD9991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9991

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9991	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.064 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7b1',
    500: '#cd9991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9991;
$custom-light: #ddb7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73004,
    "c": 0.06395,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9991

secondary

#D4E3E6

accent

#A0B035

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F5

border

#D4D0CF

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9991

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

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