#CD5059#CD5059

#CD5059 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.159 H 19.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5059
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(356, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 50.21, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 54.42, 22.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.1499 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.159 19)
XYZ	xyz(29.8513, 19.4415, 11.6299)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5059 #50CDC4

analogous

#CD5097 #CD5059 #CD8550

triadic

#CD5059 #59CD50 #5059CD

tetradic

#CD5059 #97CD50 #50CDC4 #8550CD

square

#CD5059 #97CD50 #50CDC4 #8550CD

split-complementary

#CD5059 #50CD85 #5097CD

monochromatic

#7E242B #AE323B #CD5059 #DB8086 #E8AFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CD5059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CD5059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5059

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5059	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.159 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28687',
    500: '#cd5059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5059;
$custom-light: #e28687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.68,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59872,
    "c": 0.1586,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.19438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5059

secondary

#A2D6D3

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5059

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

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