#CD4E55#CD4E55

#CD4E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.161 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4E55
RGB	rgb(205, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 50.81, 22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 55.69, 24.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1512 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.161 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5436, 19.0877, 10.7211)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4E55 #4ECDC6

analogous

#CD4E94 #CD4E55 #CD864E

triadic

#CD4E55 #55CD4E #4E55CD

tetradic

#CD4E55 #94CD4E #4ECDC6 #864ECD

square

#CD4E55 #94CD4E #4ECDC6 #864ECD

split-complementary

#CD4E55 #4ECD86 #4E94CD

monochromatic

#7D2328 #AD3138 #CD4E55 #DA7E83 #E8ADB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CD4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#CD4E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4E55

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4E55	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.161 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28584',
    500: '#cd4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4e55;
$custom-light: #e28584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.693,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59539,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4E55

secondary

#A1D6D3

accent

#DFD749

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170B0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4E55

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

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