#CD5C50#CD5C50

#CD5C50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.146 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C50
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 43.93, 28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 52.54, 33.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.1287 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.146 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4546, 21.2164, 10.0793)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C50 #50C1CD

analogous

#CD5082 #CD5C50 #CD9A50

triadic

#CD5C50 #50CD5C #5C50CD

tetradic

#CD5C50 #82CD50 #50C1CD #9A50CD

square

#CD5C50 #82CD50 #50C1CD #9A50CD

split-complementary

#CD5C50 #50CD9A #5082CD

monochromatic

#7E2D24 #AE3E32 #CD5C50 #DB8880 #E8B5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#CD5C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#CD5C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C50

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C50	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78704E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94884D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.146 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28d81',
    500: '#cd5c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c50;
$custom-light: #e28d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.76,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61318,
    "c": 0.14609,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C50

secondary

#A2D1D6

accent

#D0DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C0A

muted

#857D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C50

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

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