#CD5960#CD5960

#CD5960 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.147 H 18.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5960
RGB	rgb(205, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(356, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 46.60, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 50.38, 22.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.1396 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.147 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8630, 20.9721, 13.4868)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5960 #59CDC6

analogous

#CD599A #CD5960 #CD8C59

triadic

#CD5960 #60CD59 #5960CD

tetradic

#CD5960 #9ACD59 #59CDC6 #8C59CD

square

#CD5960 #9ACD59 #59CDC6 #8C59CD

split-complementary

#CD5960 #59CD8C #599ACD

monochromatic

#84282D #B3363D #CD5960 #DB888D #E9B7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#CD5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#CD5960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5960

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5960	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91875D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.147 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18c8d',
    500: '#cd5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5960;
$custom-light: #e18c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.379,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6121,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5960

secondary

#AAD8D5

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5960

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

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