#CD5255#CD5255

#CD5255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.157 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5255
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 49.01, 23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 54.44, 25.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1455 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.157 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8365, 19.6734, 10.8187)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5255 #52CDCA

analogous

#CD5293 #CD5255 #CD8D52

triadic

#CD5255 #55CD52 #5255CD

tetradic

#CD5255 #93CD52 #52CDCA #8D52CD

square

#CD5255 #93CD52 #52CDCA #8D52CD

split-complementary

#CD5255 #52CD8D #5293CD

monochromatic

#802527 #AF3336 #CD5255 #DB8184 #E8B1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#CD5255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#CD5255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5255

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5255	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)

#706A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.157 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28884',
    500: '#cd5255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5255;
$custom-light: #e28884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.537,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60048,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5255

secondary

#A4D7D5

accent

#DEDB49

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5255

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

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