#CD5256#CD5256

#CD5256 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.156 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5256
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, 49.08, 23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 54.26, 25.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1459 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.156 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8765, 19.6894, 11.0295)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5256 #52CDC9

analogous

#CD5294 #CD5256 #CD8C52

triadic

#CD5256 #56CD52 #5256CD

tetradic

#CD5256 #94CD52 #52CDC9 #8C52CD

square

#CD5256 #94CD52 #52CDC9 #8C52CD

split-complementary

#CD5256 #52CD8C #5294CD

monochromatic

#802528 #AF3337 #CD5256 #DB8184 #E8B1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CD5256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#CD5256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5256

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5256	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.156 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28885',
    500: '#cd5256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5256;
$custom-light: #e28885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.049,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60067,
    "c": 0.15647,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5256

secondary

#A4D7D5

accent

#DEDA49

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5256

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

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