#CD5555#CD5555

#CD5555 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.153 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5555
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 47.63, 24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 53.50, 27.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.1412 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.153 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0677, 20.1358, 10.8958)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5555 #55CDCD

analogous

#CD5591 #CD5555 #CD9155

triadic

#CD5555 #55CD55 #5555CD

tetradic

#CD5555 #91CD55 #55CDCD #9155CD

square

#CD5555 #91CD55 #55CDCD #9155CD

split-complementary

#CD5555 #55CD91 #5591CD

monochromatic

#822626 #B13434 #CD5555 #DB8484 #E9B4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#CD5555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CD5555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5555

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5555	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)

#736C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.153 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28985',
    500: '#cd5555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5555;
$custom-light: #e28985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60442,
    "c": 0.15311,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5555

secondary

#A6D7D7

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#170C0B

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5555

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

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