#CD5159#CD5159

#CD5159 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.157 H 19.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5159
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(356, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, 49.76, 21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 54.09, 23.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1485 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.157 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9251, 19.5891, 11.6545)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5159 #51CDC5

analogous

#CD5197 #CD5159 #CD8751

triadic

#CD5159 #59CD51 #5159CD

tetradic

#CD5159 #97CD51 #51CDC5 #8751CD

square

#CD5159 #97CD51 #51CDC5 #8751CD

split-complementary

#CD5159 #51CD87 #5197CD

monochromatic

#7F252A #AF323A #CD5159 #DB8186 #E8B0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CD5159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CD5159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5159

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5159	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.157 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28787',
    500: '#cd5159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5159;
$custom-light: #e28787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.129,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59999,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5159

secondary

#A3D7D3

accent

#DFD549

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5159

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

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