#CD5565#CD5565

#CD5565 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.152 H 14.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5565
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 101)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(352, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 48.91, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 51.26, 17.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.1474 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.152 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7767, 20.4194, 14.6300)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5565 #55CDBD

analogous

#CD55A1 #CD5565 #CD8155

triadic

#CD5565 #65CD55 #5565CD

tetradic

#CD5565 #A1CD55 #55CDBD #8155CD

square

#CD5565 #A1CD55 #55CDBD #8155CD

split-complementary

#CD5565 #55CD81 #55A1CD

monochromatic

#822632 #B13445 #CD5565 #DB8490 #E9B4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#CD5565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#CD5565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5565

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5565	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706D65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.152 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18a90',
    500: '#cd5565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5565;
$custom-light: #e18a90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60785,
    "c": 0.15246,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5565

secondary

#A6D7D1

accent

#DECA4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5565

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

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