#CD5050#CD5050

#CD5050 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.159 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5050
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.04, 49.57, 26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.04, 56.01, 27.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.1464 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.159 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4962, 19.2995, 9.7598)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5050 #50CDCD

analogous

#CD508E #CD5050 #CD8E50

triadic

#CD5050 #50CD50 #5050CD

tetradic

#CD5050 #8ECD50 #50CDCD #8E50CD

square

#CD5050 #8ECD50 #50CDCD #8E50CD

split-complementary

#CD5050 #50CD8E #508ECD

monochromatic

#7E2424 #AE3232 #CD5050 #DB8080 #E8AFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#CD5050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#CD5050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5050

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5050	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.159 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38681',
    500: '#cd5050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5050;
$custom-light: #e38681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59696,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5050

secondary

#A2D6D6

accent

#DFDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5050

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

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