#CD556C#CD556C

#CD556C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.153 H 11.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD556C
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 108)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(349, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 47.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 49.55, 11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 50.84, 12.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1502 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.153 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1344, 20.5625, 16.5138)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD556C #55CDB6

analogous

#CD55A8 #CD556C #CD7A55

triadic

#CD556C #6CCD55 #556CCD

tetradic

#CD556C #A8CD55 #55CDB6 #7A55CD

square

#CD556C #A8CD55 #55CDB6 #7A55CD

split-complementary

#CD556C #55CD7A #55A8CD

monochromatic

#822638 #B1344C #CD556C #DB8495 #E9B4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#CD556C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#CD556C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD556C

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD556C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD556C	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)

#6F6E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd556c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.153 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18a95',
    500: '#cd556c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd556c;
$custom-light: #e18a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd556c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60956,
    "c": 0.15299,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD556C

secondary

#A6D7CE

accent

#DEC24A

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FDF0F1

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD556C

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

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