#CD545E#CD545E

#CD545E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.154 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD545E
RGB	rgb(205, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(355, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 48.78, 19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 52.37, 21.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% 0.1462 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.154 18)
XYZ	xyz(30.3701, 20.1317, 12.8740)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD545E #54CDC3

analogous

#CD549B #CD545E #CD8754

triadic

#CD545E #5ECD54 #545ECD

tetradic

#CD545E #9BCD54 #54CDC3 #8754CD

square

#CD545E #9BCD54 #54CDC3 #8754CD

split-complementary

#CD545E #54CD87 #549BCD

monochromatic

#81262D #B0343E #CD545E #DB838B #E9B3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#CD545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CD545E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD545E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD545E	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F855B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.154 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2898b',
    500: '#cd545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd545e;
$custom-light: #e2898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.041,
    "s": 54.751,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60495,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.20128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD545E

secondary

#A6D7D3

accent

#DED24A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD545E

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

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