#CD9998#CD9998

#CD9998 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.063 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9998
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 152)
HSL	hsl(1, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(1, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 25.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 19.30, 8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 20.94, 22.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0589 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.063 20)
XYZ	xyz(42.2363, 38.0307, 34.8156)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9998 #98CCCD

analogous

#CD98B2 #CD9998 #CDB398

triadic

#CD9998 #98CD99 #9998CD

tetradic

#CD9998 #B2CD98 #98CCCD #B398CD

square

#CD9998 #B2CD98 #98CCCD #B398CD

split-complementary

#CD9998 #98CDB3 #98B2CD

monochromatic

#9E4E4D #B9706F #CD9998 #E1C2C1 #F5EBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CD9998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9998

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9998	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.063 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7b6',
    500: '#cd9998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9998;
$custom-light: #ddb7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.132,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73185,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.38029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9998

secondary

#D9E8E8

accent

#ABAD38

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151111

muted

#838080

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9998

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

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