#CD5252#CD5252

#CD5252 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.157 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5252
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 48.80, 25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 55.00, 27.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.1443 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.157 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7198, 19.6268, 10.2043)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5252 #52CDCD

analogous

#CD5290 #CD5252 #CD9052

triadic

#CD5252 #52CD52 #5252CD

tetradic

#CD5252 #90CD52 #52CDCD #9052CD

square

#CD5252 #90CD52 #52CDCD #9052CD

split-complementary

#CD5252 #52CD90 #5290CD

monochromatic

#802525 #AF3333 #CD5252 #DB8181 #E8B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#CD5252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CD5252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5252

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5252	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	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)

#716A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.157 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28782',
    500: '#cd5252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5252;
$custom-light: #e28782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5999,
    "c": 0.15686,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5252

secondary

#A4D7D7

accent

#DEDE49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5252

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

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