#CD5C55#CD5C55

#CD5C55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.145 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C55
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, 44.29, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 51.37, 30.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.1307 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.145 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6463, 21.2930, 11.0887)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C55 #55C6CD

analogous

#CD558A #CD5C55 #CD9855

triadic

#CD5C55 #55CD5C #5C55CD

tetradic

#CD5C55 #8ACD55 #55C6CD #9855CD

square

#CD5C55 #8ACD55 #55C6CD #9855CD

split-complementary

#CD5C55 #55CD98 #558ACD

monochromatic

#822B26 #B13B34 #CD5C55 #DB8984 #E9B7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#CD5C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#CD5C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C55

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C55	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.145 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28d85',
    500: '#cd5c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c55;
$custom-light: #e28d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61407,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C55

secondary

#A6D5D7

accent

#D5DE4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C55

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

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