#CD5551#CD5551

#CD5551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.154 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5551
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 47.34, 26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 54.31, 29.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1396 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.154 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9133, 20.0740, 10.0824)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5551 #51C9CD

analogous

#CD518B #CD5551 #CD9351

triadic

#CD5551 #51CD55 #5551CD

tetradic

#CD5551 #8BCD51 #51C9CD #9351CD

square

#CD5551 #8BCD51 #51C9CD #9351CD

split-complementary

#CD5551 #51CD93 #518BCD

monochromatic

#7F2725 #AF3632 #CD5551 #DB8381 #E8B2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#CD5551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#CD5551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5551

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5551	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91854E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.154 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28982',
    500: '#cd5551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5551;
$custom-light: #e28982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.935,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60367,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5551

secondary

#A3D5D7

accent

#DADF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5551

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

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