#CD9996#CD9996

#CD9996 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.063 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9996
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(3, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(3, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 19.01, 9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 21.12, 25.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0581 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.063 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0739, 37.9658, 33.9602)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9996 #96CACD

analogous

#CD96AF #CD9996 #CDB596

triadic

#CD9996 #96CD99 #9996CD

tetradic

#CD9996 #AFCD96 #96CACD #B596CD

square

#CD9996 #AFCD96 #96CACD #B596CD

split-complementary

#CD9996 #96CDB5 #96AFCD

monochromatic

#9E504B #B9716D #CD9996 #E1C1BF #F4EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CD9996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9996

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9996	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#A3A096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.063 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7b4',
    500: '#cd9996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9996;
$custom-light: #ddb7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.273,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73132,
    "c": 0.0629,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9996

secondary

#D8E6E7

accent

#A8AE37

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9996

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

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