#CD5261#CD5261

#CD5261 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.156 H 15.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5261
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 49.95, 16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 52.73, 18.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.1502 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.156 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3543, 19.8805, 13.5458)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5261 #52CDBE

analogous

#CD529F #CD5261 #CD8152

triadic

#CD5261 #61CD52 #5261CD

tetradic

#CD5261 #9FCD52 #52CDBE #8152CD

square

#CD5261 #9FCD52 #52CDBE #8152CD

split-complementary

#CD5261 #52CD81 #529FCD

monochromatic

#802530 #AF3342 #CD5261 #DB818C #E8B1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CD5261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CD5261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5261

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5261	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E855E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.156 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2888d',
    500: '#cd5261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5261;
$custom-light: #e2888d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.683,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60302,
    "c": 0.1561,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5261

secondary

#A4D7D1

accent

#DECC49

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5261

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

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