#CD99A5#CD99A5

#CD99A5 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.064 H 3.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD99A5
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 165)
HSL	hsl(346, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(346, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 19.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 21.23, 1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 21.27, 3.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0639 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.064 3.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3599, 38.4802, 40.7335)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD99A5 #99CDC1

analogous

#CD99BF #CD99A5 #CDA799

triadic

#CD99A5 #A5CD99 #99A5CD

tetradic

#CD99A5 #BFCD99 #99CDC1 #A799CD

square

#CD99A5 #BFCD99 #99CDC1 #A799CD

split-complementary

#CD99A5 #99CDA7 #99BFCD

monochromatic

#9E4D60 #B97081 #CD99A5 #E1C2C9 #F5EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CD99A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#CD99A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD99A5

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD99A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD99A5	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6969D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd99a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.064 3.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7bf',
    500: '#cd99a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd99a5;
$custom-light: #ddb7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd99a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73549,
    "c": 0.06405,
    "h": 3.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD99A5

secondary

#DAE8E5

accent

#AD9238

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F7

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD99A5

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

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