#CD5A51#CD5A51

#CD5A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.148 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A51
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 81)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 44.97, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 52.86, 31.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% 0.1322 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.148 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3209, 20.8893, 10.2183)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A51 #51C4CD

analogous

#CD5186 #CD5A51 #CD9851

triadic

#CD5A51 #51CD5A #5A51CD

tetradic

#CD5A51 #86CD51 #51C4CD #9851CD

square

#CD5A51 #86CD51 #51C4CD #9851CD

split-complementary

#CD5A51 #51CD98 #5186CD

monochromatic

#7F2B25 #AF3B32 #CD5A51 #DB8781 #E8B4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#CD5A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#CD5A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A51

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A51	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93874E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.148 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28c82',
    500: '#cd5a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a51;
$custom-light: #e28c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.355,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61052,
    "c": 0.14808,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A51

secondary

#A3D3D7

accent

#D4DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A51

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

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