#CD5A65#CD5A65

#CD5A65 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.146 H 16.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A65
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 101)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(354, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 46.56, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 49.42, 19.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.14 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.146 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1844, 21.2347, 14.7659)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A65 #5ACDC2

analogous

#CD5A9E #CD5A65 #CD885A

triadic

#CD5A65 #65CD5A #5A65CD

tetradic

#CD5A65 #9ECD5A #5ACDC2 #885ACD

square

#CD5A65 #9ECD5A #5ACDC2 #885ACD

split-complementary

#CD5A65 #5ACD88 #5A9ECD

monochromatic

#842831 #B33642 #CD5A65 #DB8991 #E9B8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CD5A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CD5A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A65

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A65	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF495E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.146 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18d90',
    500: '#cd5a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a65;
$custom-light: #e18d90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.261,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6146,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A65

secondary

#AAD8D4

accent

#DDCF4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A65

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

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