#CD5557#CD5557

#CD5557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.153 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5557
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 47.77, 23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 53.13, 25.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1419 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.153 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1483, 20.1680, 11.3202)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5557 #55CDCB

analogous

#CD5593 #CD5557 #CD8F55

triadic

#CD5557 #57CD55 #5557CD

tetradic

#CD5557 #93CD55 #55CDCB #8F55CD

square

#CD5557 #93CD55 #55CDCB #8F55CD

split-complementary

#CD5557 #55CD8F #5593CD

monochromatic

#822628 #B13436 #CD5557 #DB8486 #E9B4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#CD5557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CD5557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5557

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5557	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#726C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.153 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28986',
    500: '#cd5557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5557;
$custom-light: #e28986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60482,
    "c": 0.15291,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5557

secondary

#A6D7D7

accent

#DEDB4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5557

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

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