#CD5C59#CD5C59

#CD5C59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.145 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C59
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(2, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 44.59, 23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 50.54, 28.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% 0.1323 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.145 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8097, 21.3584, 11.9494)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C59 #59CACD

analogous

#CD5990 #CD5C59 #CD9659

triadic

#CD5C59 #59CD5C #5C59CD

tetradic

#CD5C59 #90CD59 #59CACD #9659CD

square

#CD5C59 #90CD59 #59CACD #9659CD

split-complementary

#CD5C59 #59CD96 #5990CD

monochromatic

#842A28 #B33936 #CD5C59 #DB8A88 #E9B8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CD5C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#CD5C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C59

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C59	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF495C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.145 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28e88',
    500: '#cd5c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c59;
$custom-light: #e28e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.552,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61484,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C59

secondary

#AAD7D8

accent

#D9DD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C59

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

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