#CD5656#CD5656

#CD5656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.152 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5656
RGB	rgb(205, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 47.23, 24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 53.00, 26.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.1401 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.152 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1870, 20.3104, 11.1329)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5656 #56CDCD

analogous

#CD5692 #CD5656 #CD9256

triadic

#CD5656 #56CD56 #5656CD

tetradic

#CD5656 #92CD56 #56CDCD #9256CD

square

#CD5656 #92CD56 #56CDCD #9256CD

split-complementary

#CD5656 #56CD92 #5692CD

monochromatic

#822626 #B13434 #CD5656 #DB8585 #E9B4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#CD5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#CD5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5656

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5656	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.152 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28a85',
    500: '#cd5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5656;
$custom-light: #e28a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60596,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5656

secondary

#A7D8D8

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5656

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

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