#CD5C52#CD5C52

#CD5C52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.146 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C52
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 82)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 44.07, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 52.05, 32.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1295 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.146 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5296, 21.2464, 10.4743)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C52 #52C3CD

analogous

#CD5286 #CD5C52 #CD9A52

triadic

#CD5C52 #52CD5C #5C52CD

tetradic

#CD5C52 #86CD52 #52C3CD #9A52CD

square

#CD5C52 #86CD52 #52C3CD #9A52CD

split-complementary

#CD5C52 #52CD9A #5286CD

monochromatic

#802C25 #AF3D33 #CD5C52 #DB8981 #E8B5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CD5C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CD5C52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C52

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C52	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)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94884F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0485A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.146 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28d82',
    500: '#cd5c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c52;
$custom-light: #e28d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.878,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61353,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C52

secondary

#A4D3D7

accent

#D2DE49

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C52

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

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