#CD5556#CD5556

#CD5556 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.153 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5556
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(360, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 47.70, 23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 53.31, 26.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1415 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.153 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1077, 20.1518, 11.1065)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5556 #55CDCC

analogous

#CD5592 #CD5556 #CD9055

triadic

#CD5556 #56CD55 #5556CD

tetradic

#CD5556 #92CD55 #55CDCC #9055CD

square

#CD5556 #92CD55 #55CDCC #9055CD

split-complementary

#CD5556 #55CD90 #5592CD

monochromatic

#822627 #B13435 #CD5556 #DB8485 #E9B4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#CD5556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CD5556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5556

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5556	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)

#726C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.153 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28985',
    500: '#cd5556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5556;
$custom-light: #e28985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60462,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5556

secondary

#A6D7D7

accent

#DEDD4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5556

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

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