#CD5A55#CD5A55

#CD5A55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.147 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A55
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 45.26, 25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 51.97, 29.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.1337 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.147 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4753, 20.9511, 11.0317)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A55 #55C8CD

analogous

#CD558C #CD5A55 #CD9655

triadic

#CD5A55 #55CD5A #5A55CD

tetradic

#CD5A55 #8CCD55 #55C8CD #9655CD

square

#CD5A55 #8CCD55 #55C8CD #9655CD

split-complementary

#CD5A55 #55CD96 #558CCD

monochromatic

#822A26 #B13934 #CD5A55 #DB8884 #E9B6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CD5A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#CD5A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A55

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A55	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#766F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.147 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28c85',
    500: '#cd5a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a55;
$custom-light: #e28c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61126,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A55

secondary

#A6D5D7

accent

#D8DE4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A55

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

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