#CD5950#CD5950

#CD5950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.149 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5950
RGB	rgb(205, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 45.38, 28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 53.38, 31.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.1333 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.149 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1999, 20.7069, 9.9944)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5950 #50C4CD

analogous

#CD5085 #CD5950 #CD9750

triadic

#CD5950 #50CD59 #5950CD

tetradic

#CD5950 #85CD50 #50C4CD #9750CD

square

#CD5950 #85CD50 #50C4CD #9750CD

split-complementary

#CD5950 #50CD97 #5085CD

monochromatic

#7E2B24 #AE3B32 #CD5950 #DB8680 #E8B3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#CD5950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#CD5950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5950

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5950	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93874D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.149 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28c81',
    500: '#cd5950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5950;
$custom-light: #e28c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.32,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60895,
    "c": 0.14937,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5950

secondary

#A2D3D6

accent

#D4DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5950

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

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