#CD5566#CD5566

#CD5566 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.152 H 14.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5566
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 102)
HSL	hsl(352, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(352, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 49.00, 14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 51.18, 16.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.1478 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.153 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8260, 20.4391, 14.8896)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5566 #55CDBC

analogous

#CD55A2 #CD5566 #CD8055

triadic

#CD5566 #66CD55 #5566CD

tetradic

#CD5566 #A2CD55 #55CDBC #8055CD

square

#CD5566 #A2CD55 #55CDBC #8055CD

split-complementary

#CD5566 #55CD80 #55A2CD

monochromatic

#822633 #B13446 #CD5566 #DB8491 #E9B4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#CD5566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#CD5566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5566

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5566	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706E66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.152 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18a91',
    500: '#cd5566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5566;
$custom-light: #e18a91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60809,
    "c": 0.1525,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5566

secondary

#A6D7D0

accent

#DEC94A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5566

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

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