#CD5259#CD5259

#CD5259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.156 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5259
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(357, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 49.31, 21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 53.76, 23.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.1471 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.156 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9999, 19.7388, 11.6794)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5259 #52CDC6

analogous

#CD5297 #CD5259 #CD8952

triadic

#CD5259 #59CD52 #5259CD

tetradic

#CD5259 #97CD52 #52CDC6 #8952CD

square

#CD5259 #97CD52 #52CDC6 #8952CD

split-complementary

#CD5259 #52CD89 #5297CD

monochromatic

#80252A #AF333A #CD5259 #DB8187 #E8B1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CD5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CD5259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5259

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5259	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.156 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28887',
    500: '#cd5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5259;
$custom-light: #e28887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.585,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60128,
    "c": 0.15625,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5259

secondary

#A4D7D4

accent

#DED649

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5259

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

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