#CD9EA5#CD9EA5

#CD9EA5 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.057 H 8.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9EA5
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(351, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(351, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 19.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 18.49, 3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 18.75, 9.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.056 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.057 8.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1955, 40.1513, 41.0120)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9EA5 #9ECDC6

analogous

#CD9EBC #CD9EA5 #CDAE9E

triadic

#CD9EA5 #A5CD9E #9EA5CD

tetradic

#CD9EA5 #BCCD9E #9ECDC6 #AE9ECD

square

#CD9EA5 #BCCD9E #9ECDC6 #AE9ECD

split-complementary

#CD9EA5 #9ECDAE #9EBCCD

monochromatic

#9F525D #B87680 #CD9EA5 #E2C6CA #F5EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CD9EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#CD9EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9EA5

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9EA5	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ADA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.057 8.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbabf',
    500: '#cd9ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9ea5;
$custom-light: #ddbabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.064,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74479,
    "c": 0.0566,
    "h": 8.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9EA5

secondary

#DDEAE8

accent

#AB9A3B

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF6F7

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151112

muted

#838081

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9EA5

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

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