#CD5C51#CD5C51

#CD5C51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.146 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C51
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 44.00, 28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 52.29, 32.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.1291 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.146 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4919, 21.2312, 10.2753)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C51 #51C2CD

analogous

#CD5184 #CD5C51 #CD9A51

triadic

#CD5C51 #51CD5C #5C51CD

tetradic

#CD5C51 #84CD51 #51C2CD #9A51CD

square

#CD5C51 #84CD51 #51C2CD #9A51CD

split-complementary

#CD5C51 #51CD9A #5184CD

monochromatic

#7F2D25 #AF3D32 #CD5C51 #DB8981 #E8B5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CD5C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CD5C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C51

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C51	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)

#78704F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94884E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.146 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28d82',
    500: '#cd5c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c51;
$custom-light: #e28d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.323,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61335,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C51

secondary

#A3D2D7

accent

#D1DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C51

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

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