#CD556B#CD556B

#CD556B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.153 H 11.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD556B
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 107)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(349, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 47.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 49.46, 11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 50.88, 13.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1498 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.153 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0815, 20.5413, 16.2351)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD556B #55CDB7

analogous

#CD55A7 #CD556B #CD7B55

triadic

#CD556B #6BCD55 #556BCD

tetradic

#CD556B #A7CD55 #55CDB7 #7B55CD

square

#CD556B #A7CD55 #55CDB7 #7B55CD

split-complementary

#CD556B #55CD7B #55A7CD

monochromatic

#822637 #B1344B #CD556B #DB8494 #E9B4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#CD556B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#CD556B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD556B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD556B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD556B	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd556b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.153 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18a95',
    500: '#cd556b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd556b;
$custom-light: #e18a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd556b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60931,
    "c": 0.15287,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD556B

secondary

#A6D7CE

accent

#DEC34A

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FDF0F1

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD556B

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

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