#CDBDB9#CDBDB9

#CDBDB9 is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.019 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBDB9
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(12, 17%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(12, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 9.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, 4.96, 4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 6.41, 39.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% 0.0158 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.019 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1306, 52.8779, 53.3498)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBDB9 #B9C9CD

analogous

#CDB9BF #CDBDB9 #CDC7B9

triadic

#CDBDB9 #B9CDBD #BDB9CD

tetradic

#CDBDB9 #BFCDB9 #B9C9CD #C7B9CD

square

#CDBDB9 #BFCDB9 #B9C9CD #C7B9CD

split-complementary

#CDBDB9 #B9CDC7 #B9BFCD

monochromatic

#9A7A72 #B49B95 #CDBDB9 #E7DFDD #F2EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDBDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CDBDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBDB9

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBDB9	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.019 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd0ce',
    500: '#cdbdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbdb9;
$custom-light: #dcd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81053,
    "c": 0.01908,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBDB9

secondary

#899DA1

accent

#8B9B4B

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFBFA

border

#D5D4D3

text

#151413

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBDB9

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

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