#CD9CA8#CD9CA8

#CD9CA8 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.060 H 2.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9CA8
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(345, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(345, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 18%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 20.06, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 20.07, 2.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0603 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.06 2.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1334, 39.5851, 42.3542)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9CA8 #9CCDC1

analogous

#CD9CC0 #CD9CA8 #CDA89C

triadic

#CD9CA8 #A8CD9C #9CA8CD

tetradic

#CD9CA8 #C0CD9C #9CCDC1 #A89CCD

square

#CD9CA8 #C0CD9C #9CCDC1 #A89CCD

split-complementary

#CD9CA8 #9CCDA8 #9CC0CD

monochromatic

#9F5063 #B87384 #CD9CA8 #E2C5CC #F5EBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CD9CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#CD9CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9CA8

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9CA8	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D699A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.060 2.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9c1',
    500: '#cd9ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ca8;
$custom-light: #ddb9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.306,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.06034,
    "h": 2.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9CA8

secondary

#DCE9E6

accent

#AC903A

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F7

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9CA8

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

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