#CD5949#CD5949

#CD5949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.151 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5949
RGB	rgb(205, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(7, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 44.92, 31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 55.15, 35.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.1306 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.151 30)
XYZ	xyz(29.9546, 20.6087, 8.7025)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5949 #49BDCD

analogous

#CD497B #CD5949 #CD9B49

triadic

#CD5949 #49CD59 #5949CD

tetradic

#CD5949 #7BCD49 #49BDCD #9B49CD

square

#CD5949 #7BCD49 #49BDCD #9B49CD

split-complementary

#CD5949 #49CD9B #497BCD

monochromatic

#7A2C22 #AA3E2F #CD5949 #DA8579 #E7B1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#CD5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#CD5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5949

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5949	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.151 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38b7c',
    500: '#cd5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5949;
$custom-light: #e38b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60778,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.20605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5949

secondary

#9DCED5

accent

#CEE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5949

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

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