#CD686E

sRGB: 205 / 104 / 110

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Secret gardens echo between distant mountains
Wandering dreams transcend the limits of dreams

#CD686E belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 104 green and 110 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 356.4° lands in the red region. Its 50.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 60.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.80:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 104, 110
HSL: 356.44°, 50.25%, 60.59%
HSV / HSB: 356.44°, 49.27%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 49.27%, 46.34%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 32.941, 24.007, 17.651
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 56.095, 40.457, 15.257
WCAG relative luminance: 0.24006
24-bit decimal: 13461614

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CD686E in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.80:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.62:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#68CDC7 sits half a turn (180°) from #CD686E on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CD686E #68CDC7

Analogous

#CD68A0 and #CD9568 sit 30° to either side of #CD686E. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CD68A0 #CD686E #CD9568

Triadic

#CD686E, #6ECD68 and #686ECD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CD686E #6ECD68 #686ECD

Split complementary

Start at #CD686E and look across the wheel. #68CD95 and #68A0CD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CD686E #68CD95 #68A0CD

Square

Starting with #CD686E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A0CD68, #68CDC7, then #9568CD. Across the square, #CD686E pairs with #68CDC7, and #A0CD68 with #9568CD.

#CD686E #A0CD68 #68CDC7 #9568CD

Tetradic

#CD686E and #68CDC7 are opposites, as are #CDC768 and #686ECD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CD686E #CDC768 #68CDC7 #686ECD

Tints

Mixing #CD686E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7868B, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5E1E2, the mixture is 80% white.

#CD686E #D7868B #E1A4A8 #EBC3C5 #F5E1E2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CD686E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A45358, keeps 80% of the original. By #291516, the mixture is 80% black.

#CD686E #A45358 #7B3E42 #522A2C #291516 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CD686E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE6D72, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F7B7C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CD686E #BE6D72 #AE7275 #9F7679 #8F7B7C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CD686E

RGB

rgb(205 104 110)

HSL

hsl(356.436 50.249% 60.588%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CD686E;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CD686E uses 205 red, 104 green and 110 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 40.8%

Blue 43.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CD686E is 0.0% cyan, 49.3% magenta, 46.3% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 49.3%

Yellow 46.3%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC6666. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C66 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CD686E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6666, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC6666 Nearest web-safe: #CC6666

Gradient to complement

#CD686E #BC797D #AB8A8C #9B9B9B #8AABA9 #79BCB8 #68CDC7

Color vision previews

Compare how #CD686E appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#7D7A6E

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#978E6C

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#DE5B6B

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A0776D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A9826C

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CE676E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#868686

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#AE787B

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.61050 G 0.13843 B 0.15593

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.75267 G 0.42899 B 0.43972

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.52669 G 0.15410 B 0.16243

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.442 y 0.322 Y 24.007

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 19.608 M % 59.216 Y % 56.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001101 01101000 01101110