#CD5156#CD5156

#CD5156 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.158 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5156
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 49.54, 22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 54.57, 24.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1473 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.158 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8016, 19.5397, 11.0045)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5156 #51CDC8

analogous

#CD5194 #CD5156 #CD8A51

triadic

#CD5156 #56CD51 #5156CD

tetradic

#CD5156 #94CD51 #51CDC8 #8A51CD

square

#CD5156 #94CD51 #51CDC8 #8A51CD

split-complementary

#CD5156 #51CD8A #5194CD

monochromatic

#7F2528 #AF3237 #CD5156 #DB8184 #E8B0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CD5156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CD5156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5156

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5156	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)

#706A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.158 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28785',
    500: '#cd5156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5156;
$custom-light: #e28785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.581,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59938,
    "c": 0.15762,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5156

secondary

#A3D7D4

accent

#DFD949

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5156

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

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