#CD5257#CD5257

#CD5257 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.156 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5257
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 49.16, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 54.09, 24.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.1463 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.156 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9171, 19.7057, 11.2431)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5257 #52CDC8

analogous

#CD5295 #CD5257 #CD8B52

triadic

#CD5257 #57CD52 #5257CD

tetradic

#CD5257 #95CD52 #52CDC8 #8B52CD

square

#CD5257 #95CD52 #52CDC8 #8B52CD

split-complementary

#CD5257 #52CD8B #5295CD

monochromatic

#802529 #AF3338 #CD5257 #DB8185 #E8B1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CD5257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#CD5257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5257

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5257	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)

#706B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.156 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28886',
    500: '#cd5257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5257;
$custom-light: #e28886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.561,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60087,
    "c": 0.15639,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5257

secondary

#A4D7D5

accent

#DED849

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5257

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

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