#CD5559#CD5559

#CD5559 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.153 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5559
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(358, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 47.93, 22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 52.78, 24.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.1427 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.153 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2311, 20.2012, 11.7565)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5559 #55CDC9

analogous

#CD5595 #CD5559 #CD8D55

triadic

#CD5559 #59CD55 #5559CD

tetradic

#CD5559 #95CD55 #55CDC9 #8D55CD

square

#CD5559 #95CD55 #55CDC9 #8D55CD

split-complementary

#CD5559 #55CD8D #5595CD

monochromatic

#822629 #B13438 #CD5559 #DB8487 #E9B4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#CD5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#CD5559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5559

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5559	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.153 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28987',
    500: '#cd5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5559;
$custom-light: #e28987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60522,
    "c": 0.15272,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5559

secondary

#A6D7D6

accent

#DED94A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5559

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

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