#CD5B51#CD5B51

#CD5B51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.147 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5B51
RGB	rgb(205, 91, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, 44.49, 28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 52.57, 32.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1306 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.147 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4058, 21.0591, 10.2466)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5B51 #51C3CD

analogous

#CD5185 #CD5B51 #CD9951

triadic

#CD5B51 #51CD5B #5B51CD

tetradic

#CD5B51 #85CD51 #51C3CD #9951CD

square

#CD5B51 #85CD51 #51C3CD #9951CD

split-complementary

#CD5B51 #51CD99 #5185CD

monochromatic

#7F2C25 #AF3C32 #CD5B51 #DB8881 #E8B5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#CD5B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#CD5B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5B51

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5B51	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94884E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 91, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.147 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28d82',
    500: '#cd5b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5b51;
$custom-light: #e28d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.839,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61193,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5B51

secondary

#A3D2D7

accent

#D3DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5B51

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

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