#CD5E51#CD5E51

#CD5E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.144 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E51
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 43.02, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 51.74, 33.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.1261 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.144 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6674, 21.5823, 10.3338)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E51 #51C0CD

analogous

#CD5182 #CD5E51 #CD9C51

triadic

#CD5E51 #51CD5E #5E51CD

tetradic

#CD5E51 #82CD51 #51C0CD #9C51CD

square

#CD5E51 #82CD51 #51C0CD #9C51CD

split-complementary

#CD5E51 #51CD9C #5182CD

monochromatic

#7F2E25 #AF3F32 #CD5E51 #DB8A81 #E8B6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#CD5E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#CD5E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E51

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E51	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A714F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95894F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.144 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28f82',
    500: '#cd5e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e51;
$custom-light: #e28f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.29,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61622,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E51

secondary

#A3D1D7

accent

#CFDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160D0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E51

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

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