#CD5A61#CD5A61

#CD5A61 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.146 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A61
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 97)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(356, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 46.21, 18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 49.89, 22.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.1384 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.146 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9931, 21.1582, 13.7588)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A61 #5ACDC6

analogous

#CD5A9A #CD5A61 #CD8D5A

triadic

#CD5A61 #61CD5A #5A61CD

tetradic

#CD5A61 #9ACD5A #5ACDC6 #8D5ACD

square

#CD5A61 #9ACD5A #5ACDC6 #8D5ACD

split-complementary

#CD5A61 #5ACD8D #5A9ACD

monochromatic

#84282E #B3363E #CD5A61 #DB898E #E9B8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#CD5A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#CD5A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A61

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A61	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91885E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF485D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.146 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18c8d',
    500: '#cd5a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a61;
$custom-light: #e18c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.348,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6137,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A61

secondary

#AAD8D6

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A61

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

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