#CD516D#CD516D

#CD516D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.158 H 9.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD516D
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 109)
HSL	hsl(346, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(346, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 51.47, 9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 52.41, 10.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1563 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.158 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8819, 19.9718, 16.6937)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD516D #51CDB1

analogous

#CD51AB #CD516D #CD7351

triadic

#CD516D #6DCD51 #516DCD

tetradic

#CD516D #ABCD51 #51CDB1 #7351CD

square

#CD516D #ABCD51 #51CDB1 #7351CD

split-complementary

#CD516D #51CD73 #51ABCD

monochromatic

#7F2539 #AF324E #CD516D #DB8195 #E8B0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#CD516D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#CD516D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD516D

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD516D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD516D	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B856A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd516d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.158 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18796',
    500: '#cd516d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd516d;
$custom-light: #e18796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd516d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.452,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60468,
    "c": 0.15836,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD516D

secondary

#A3D7CB

accent

#DFBD49

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FDF0F2

border

#D5CBCC

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD516D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →