#CD9CA5#CD9CA5

#CD9CA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.060 H 6.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CA5
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(349, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(349, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 19.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 19.59, 2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 19.73, 7.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0592 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.06 6.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8571, 39.4746, 40.8992)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CA5 #9CCDC4

analogous

#CD9CBD #CD9CA5 #CDAB9C

triadic

#CD9CA5 #A5CD9C #9CA5CD

tetradic

#CD9CA5 #BDCD9C #9CCDC4 #AB9CCD

square

#CD9CA5 #BDCD9C #9CCDC4 #AB9CCD

split-complementary

#CD9CA5 #9CCDAB #9CBDCD

monochromatic

#9F505E #B87380 #CD9CA5 #E2C5CA #F5EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CD9CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#CD9CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CA5

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CA5	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.060 6.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9bf',
    500: '#cd9ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ca5;
$custom-light: #ddb9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.98,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74105,
    "c": 0.05952,
    "h": 6.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CA5

secondary

#DCE9E7

accent

#AC973A

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F7

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CA5

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

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