#CD5251#CD5251

#CD5251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.157 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5251
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 48.73, 25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 55.21, 28.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.144 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.157 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6821, 19.6116, 10.0054)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5251 #51CCCD

analogous

#CD518E #CD5251 #CD9051

triadic

#CD5251 #51CD52 #5251CD

tetradic

#CD5251 #8ECD51 #51CCCD #9051CD

square

#CD5251 #8ECD51 #51CCCD #9051CD

split-complementary

#CD5251 #51CD90 #518ECD

monochromatic

#7F2525 #AF3332 #CD5251 #DB8181 #E8B1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CD5251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CD5251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5251

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5251	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)

#716A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.157 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28782',
    500: '#cd5251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5251;
$custom-light: #e28782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.484,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59972,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5251

secondary

#A3D6D7

accent

#DDDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5251

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

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