#CD555E#CD555E

#CD555E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.152 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD555E
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 48.32, 19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 52.03, 21.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1447 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.152 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4482, 20.2880, 12.9001)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD555E #55CDC4

analogous

#CD559A #CD555E #CD8855

triadic

#CD555E #5ECD55 #555ECD

tetradic

#CD555E #9ACD55 #55CDC4 #8855CD

square

#CD555E #9ACD55 #55CDC4 #8855CD

split-complementary

#CD555E #55CD88 #559ACD

monochromatic

#82262D #B1343D #CD555E #DB848B #E9B4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#CD555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#CD555E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD555E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD555E	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90865B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.152 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2898b',
    500: '#cd555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd555e;
$custom-light: #e2898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60627,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD555E

secondary

#A6D7D4

accent

#DED34A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD555E

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

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