#CD9995#CD9995

#CD9995 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.063 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9995
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 149)
HSL	hsl(4, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(4, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 27.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 18.87, 9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 21.22, 27.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0577 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.063 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9937, 37.9337, 33.5379)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9995 #95C9CD

analogous

#CD95AD #CD9995 #CDB595

triadic

#CD9995 #95CD99 #9995CD

tetradic

#CD9995 #ADCD95 #95C9CD #B595CD

square

#CD9995 #ADCD95 #95C9CD #B595CD

split-complementary

#CD9995 #95CDB5 #95ADCD

monochromatic

#9D504A #B9716B #CD9995 #E1C1BF #F4E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CD9995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9995

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9995	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.063 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7b4',
    500: '#cd9995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9995;
$custom-light: #ddb7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.06306,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9995

secondary

#D7E6E7

accent

#A6AF37

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9995

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

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