#CD5957#CD5957

#CD5957 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.148 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5957
RGB	rgb(205, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(1, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 45.88, 24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 51.87, 27.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.136 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.148 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4721, 20.8157, 11.4281)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5957 #57CBCD

analogous

#CD5790 #CD5957 #CD9457

triadic

#CD5957 #57CD59 #5957CD

tetradic

#CD5957 #90CD57 #57CBCD #9457CD

square

#CD5957 #90CD57 #57CBCD #9457CD

split-complementary

#CD5957 #57CD94 #5790CD

monochromatic

#832827 #B23735 #CD5957 #DB8886 #E9B6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#CD5957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#CD5957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5957

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5957	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.148 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28c86',
    500: '#cd5957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5957;
$custom-light: #e28c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.017,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61025,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5957

secondary

#A8D7D8

accent

#DBDD4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5957

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

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