#CD5451#CD5451

#CD5451 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.155 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5451
RGB	rgb(205, 84, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 47.81, 26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 54.61, 28.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.1411 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.155 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8351, 19.9177, 10.0564)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5451 #51CACD

analogous

#CD518C #CD5451 #CD9251

triadic

#CD5451 #51CD54 #5451CD

tetradic

#CD5451 #8CCD51 #51CACD #9251CD

square

#CD5451 #8CCD51 #51CACD #9251CD

split-complementary

#CD5451 #51CD92 #518CCD

monochromatic

#7F2725 #AF3532 #CD5451 #DB8381 #E8B1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#CD5451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CD5451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5451

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5451	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#726B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91854E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 84, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.155 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28982',
    500: '#cd5451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5451;
$custom-light: #e28982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.452,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60234,
    "c": 0.15475,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5451

secondary

#A3D5D7

accent

#DBDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5451

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

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