#CD5357#CD5357

#CD5357 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.155 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5357
RGB	rgb(205, 83, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, 48.70, 22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 53.77, 25.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1449 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.155 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9930, 19.8576, 11.2684)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5357 #53CDC9

analogous

#CD5394 #CD5357 #CD8C53

triadic

#CD5357 #57CD53 #5357CD

tetradic

#CD5357 #94CD53 #53CDC9 #8C53CD

square

#CD5357 #94CD53 #53CDC9 #8C53CD

split-complementary

#CD5357 #53CD8C #5394CD

monochromatic

#802528 #B03337 #CD5357 #DB8285 #E9B2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CD5357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#CD5357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5357

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5357	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#716B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 83, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.155 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28886',
    500: '#cd5357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5357;
$custom-light: #e28886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.033,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60217,
    "c": 0.15522,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5357

secondary

#A5D7D5

accent

#DED94A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5357

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

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