#CD5253#CD5253

#CD5253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.157 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5253
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(360, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 48.87, 24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 54.81, 26.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.1447 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.157 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7582, 19.6421, 10.4062)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5253 #52CDCC

analogous

#CD5291 #CD5253 #CD8F52

triadic

#CD5253 #53CD52 #5253CD

tetradic

#CD5253 #91CD52 #52CDCC #8F52CD

square

#CD5253 #91CD52 #52CDCC #8F52CD

split-complementary

#CD5253 #52CD8F #5291CD

monochromatic

#802526 #AF3334 #CD5253 #DB8182 #E8B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#CD5253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#CD5253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5253

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5253	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.157 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28783',
    500: '#cd5253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5253;
$custom-light: #e28783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.512,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60009,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5253

secondary

#A4D7D6

accent

#DEDD49

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5253

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

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