#CD524B#CD524B

#CD524B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.158 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD524B
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 75)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 48.33, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 56.53, 31.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.1416 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.158 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4669, 19.5256, 8.8724)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD524B #4BC6CD

analogous

#CD4B85 #CD524B #CD934B

triadic

#CD524B #4BCD52 #524BCD

tetradic

#CD524B #85CD4B #4BC6CD #934BCD

square

#CD524B #85CD4B #4BC6CD #934BCD

split-complementary

#CD524B #4BCD93 #4B85CD

monochromatic

#7B2722 #AB3630 #CD524B #DA807B #E8AEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CD524B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#CD524B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD524B

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD524B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD524B	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd524b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.158 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3877d',
    500: '#cd524b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd524b;
$custom-light: #e3877d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd524b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.231,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59865,
    "c": 0.15786,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD524B

secondary

#9FD2D5

accent

#D8E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD524B

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

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