#CD505E#CD505E

#CD505E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.159 H 16.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD505E
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(353, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 50.61, 18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 53.75, 19.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1519 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.159 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0684, 19.5284, 12.7735)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD505E #50CDBF

analogous

#CD509C #CD505E #CD8050

triadic

#CD505E #5ECD50 #505ECD

tetradic

#CD505E #9CCD50 #50CDBF #8050CD

square

#CD505E #9CCD50 #50CDBF #8050CD

split-complementary

#CD505E #50CD80 #509CCD

monochromatic

#7E242E #AE3240 #CD505E #DB808A #E8AFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CD505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CD505E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD505E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD505E	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D845B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.159 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2878b',
    500: '#cd505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd505e;
$custom-light: #e2878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.28,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5998,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD505E

secondary

#A2D6D0

accent

#DFCE49

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD505E

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

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