#CD5959#CD5959

#CD5959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.148 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5959
RGB	rgb(205, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 46.04, 23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 51.49, 26.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.1368 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.148 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5550, 20.8489, 11.8645)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5959 #59CDCD

analogous

#CD5993 #CD5959 #CD9359

triadic

#CD5959 #59CD59 #5959CD

tetradic

#CD5959 #93CD59 #59CDCD #9359CD

square

#CD5959 #93CD59 #59CDCD #9359CD

split-complementary

#CD5959 #59CD93 #5993CD

monochromatic

#842828 #B33636 #CD5959 #DB8888 #E9B7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#CD5959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#CD5959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5959

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5959	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.148 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28c88',
    500: '#cd5959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5959;
$custom-light: #e28c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61064,
    "c": 0.14803,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5959

secondary

#AAD8D8

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5959

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

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