#CD5A59#CD5A59

#CD5A59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.147 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A59
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(1, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, 45.56, 23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 51.17, 27.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.1353 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.147 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6387, 21.0164, 11.8924)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A59 #59CCCD

analogous

#CD5992 #CD5A59 #CD9459

triadic

#CD5A59 #59CD5A #5A59CD

tetradic

#CD5A59 #92CD59 #59CCCD #9459CD

square

#CD5A59 #92CD59 #59CCCD #9459CD

split-complementary

#CD5A59 #59CD94 #5992CD

monochromatic

#842928 #B33736 #CD5A59 #DB8988 #E9B7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#CD5A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#CD5A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A59

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A59	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.147 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28c88',
    500: '#cd5a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a59;
$custom-light: #e28c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.517,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61203,
    "c": 0.14685,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A59

secondary

#AAD8D8

accent

#DCDD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A59

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

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