#CD5151#CD5151

#CD5151 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.158 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5151
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, 49.18, 25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 55.51, 27.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1454 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.158 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6072, 19.4619, 9.9804)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5151 #51CDCD

analogous

#CD518F #CD5151 #CD8F51

triadic

#CD5151 #51CD51 #5151CD

tetradic

#CD5151 #8FCD51 #51CDCD #8F51CD

square

#CD5151 #8FCD51 #51CDCD #8F51CD

split-complementary

#CD5151 #51CD8F #518FCD

monochromatic

#7F2525 #AF3232 #CD5151 #DB8181 #E8B0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#CD5151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#CD5151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5151

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5151	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)

#706A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F844E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.158 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28782',
    500: '#cd5151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5151;
$custom-light: #e28782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59842,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5151

secondary

#A3D7D7

accent

#DFDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5151

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

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