#CD5561#CD5561

#CD5561 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.152 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5561
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(354, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 48.57, 17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 51.66, 19.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.1459 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.152 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5855, 20.3429, 13.6229)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5561 #55CDC1

analogous

#CD559D #CD5561 #CD8555

triadic

#CD5561 #61CD55 #5561CD

tetradic

#CD5561 #9DCD55 #55CDC1 #8555CD

square

#CD5561 #9DCD55 #55CDC1 #8555CD

split-complementary

#CD5561 #55CD85 #559DCD

monochromatic

#82262F #B13440 #CD5561 #DB848D #E9B4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#CD5561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#CD5561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5561

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5561	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F865E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.152 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1898d',
    500: '#cd5561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5561;
$custom-light: #e1898d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60693,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5561

secondary

#A6D7D2

accent

#DECF4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5561

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

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