#CD5356#CD5356

#CD5356 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.155 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5356
RGB	rgb(205, 83, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 48.63, 23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 53.94, 25.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.1445 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.155 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9525, 19.8413, 11.0548)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5356 #53CDCA

analogous

#CD5393 #CD5356 #CD8D53

triadic

#CD5356 #56CD53 #5356CD

tetradic

#CD5356 #93CD53 #53CDCA #8D53CD

square

#CD5356 #93CD53 #53CDCA #8D53CD

split-complementary

#CD5356 #53CD8D #5393CD

monochromatic

#802528 #B03336 #CD5356 #DB8285 #E9B2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#CD5356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#CD5356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5356

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5356	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 83, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.155 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28885',
    500: '#cd5356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5356;
$custom-light: #e28885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.525,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60198,
    "c": 0.15531,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5356

secondary

#A5D7D6

accent

#DEDB4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5356

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

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