#CD505B#CD505B

#CD505B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.159 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD505B
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 91)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(355, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 50.37, 19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 54.13, 21.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.1507 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.159 18)
XYZ	xyz(29.9364, 19.4756, 12.0782)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD505B #50CDC2

analogous

#CD5099 #CD505B #CD8350

triadic

#CD505B #5BCD50 #505BCD

tetradic

#CD505B #99CD50 #50CDC2 #8350CD

square

#CD505B #99CD50 #50CDC2 #8350CD

split-complementary

#CD505B #50CD83 #5099CD

monochromatic

#7E242C #AE323D #CD505B #DB8088 #E8AFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CD505B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CD505B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD505B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD505B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD505B	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#6E6A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd505b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.159 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28689',
    500: '#cd505b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd505b;
$custom-light: #e28689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd505b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.72,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59914,
    "c": 0.15853,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.19472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD505B

secondary

#A2D6D2

accent

#DFD249

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD505B

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

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