#CD5553#CD5553

#CD5553 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.153 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5553
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 47.48, 25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 53.90, 28.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.1404 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.153 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9894, 20.1045, 10.4833)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5553 #53CBCD

analogous

#CD538E #CD5553 #CD9253

triadic

#CD5553 #53CD55 #5553CD

tetradic

#CD5553 #8ECD53 #53CBCD #9253CD

square

#CD5553 #8ECD53 #53CBCD #9253CD

split-complementary

#CD5553 #53CD92 #538ECD

monochromatic

#802725 #B03533 #CD5553 #DB8482 #E9B3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#CD5553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#CD5553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5553

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5553	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#736C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.153 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28983',
    500: '#cd5553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5553;
$custom-light: #e28983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.984,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60404,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5553

secondary

#A5D6D7

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5553

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

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