#CD5E50#CD5E50

#CD5E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.144 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E50
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 42.95, 29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 51.99, 34.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1257 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.144 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6302, 21.5674, 10.1378)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E50 #50BFCD

analogous

#CD5080 #CD5E50 #CD9C50

triadic

#CD5E50 #50CD5E #5E50CD

tetradic

#CD5E50 #80CD50 #50BFCD #9C50CD

square

#CD5E50 #80CD50 #50BFCD #9C50CD

split-complementary

#CD5E50 #50CD9C #5080CD

monochromatic

#7E2E24 #AE4032 #CD5E50 #DB8A80 #E8B6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#CD5E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#CD5E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E50

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E50	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A714E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95894E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.144 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28f81',
    500: '#cd5e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e50;
$custom-light: #e28f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.72,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61605,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E50

secondary

#A2D0D6

accent

#CEDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160D0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E50

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

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