#CD5552#CD5552

#CD5552 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.153 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5552
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 47.41, 26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 54.10, 28.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.14 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.153 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9510, 20.0891, 10.2814)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5552 #52CACD

analogous

#CD528D #CD5552 #CD9352

triadic

#CD5552 #52CD55 #5552CD

tetradic

#CD5552 #8DCD52 #52CACD #9352CD

square

#CD5552 #8DCD52 #52CACD #9352CD

split-complementary

#CD5552 #52CD93 #528DCD

monochromatic

#802725 #AF3633 #CD5552 #DB8481 #E8B2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#CD5552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#CD5552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5552

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5552	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91854F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.153 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28982',
    500: '#cd5552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5552;
$custom-light: #e28982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.463,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60386,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5552

secondary

#A4D5D7

accent

#DBDE49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5552

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

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