#CD5C5B#CD5C5B

#CD5C5B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.144 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C5B
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 91)
HSL	hsl(1, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(1, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, 44.75, 22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 50.17, 26.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.133 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.144 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8948, 21.3924, 12.3977)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C5B #5BCCCD

analogous

#CD5B93 #CD5C5B #CD955B

triadic

#CD5C5B #5BCD5C #5C5BCD

tetradic

#CD5C5B #93CD5B #5BCCCD #955BCD

square

#CD5C5B #93CD5B #5BCCCD #955BCD

split-complementary

#CD5C5B #5BCD95 #5B93CD

monochromatic

#852929 #B43837 #CD5C5B #DB8B8A #EAB9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CD5C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CD5C5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C5B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C5B	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77715A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.144 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18e89',
    500: '#cd5c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c5b;
$custom-light: #e18e89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.526,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61524,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C5B

secondary

#ABD8D9

accent

#DBDD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C5B

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

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