#CD9A8A#CD9A8A

#CD9A8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.066 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9A8A
RGB	rgb(205, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(14, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(14, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 16.85, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 23.11, 43.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0517 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.066 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3210, 37.9276, 29.1841)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9A8A #8ABDCD

analogous

#CD8A9C #CD9A8A #CDBB8A

triadic

#CD9A8A #8ACD9A #9A8ACD

tetradic

#CD9A8A #9CCD8A #8ABDCD #BB8ACD

square

#CD9A8A #9CCD8A #8ABDCD #BB8ACD

split-complementary

#CD9A8A #8ACDBB #8A9CCD

monochromatic

#9B5742 #BB755F #CD9A8A #DFBFB5 #F2E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#CD9A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9A8A

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9A8A	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.066 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb8ac',
    500: '#cd9a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9a8a;
$custom-light: #ddb8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.328,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73021,
    "c": 0.06573,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9A8A

secondary

#CFDFE4

accent

#94B332

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9A8A

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

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