#CD9997#CD9997

#CD9997 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.063 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9997
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(2, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(2, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 19.15, 8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 21.02, 24.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.0585 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.063 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1547, 37.9981, 34.3861)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9997 #97CBCD

analogous

#CD97B0 #CD9997 #CDB497

triadic

#CD9997 #97CD99 #9997CD

tetradic

#CD9997 #B0CD97 #97CBCD #B497CD

square

#CD9997 #B0CD97 #97CBCD #B497CD

split-complementary

#CD9997 #97CDB4 #97B0CD

monochromatic

#9E4F4C #B9706E #CD9997 #E1C2C0 #F5EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#CD9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9997

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9997	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.063 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7b5',
    500: '#cd9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9997;
$custom-light: #ddb7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73159,
    "c": 0.06278,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9997

secondary

#D8E7E8

accent

#AAAE38

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9997

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

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