#CD5E56#CD5E56

#CD5E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.143 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E56
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 43.38, 25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 50.56, 30.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% 0.128 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.143 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8618, 21.6601, 11.3579)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E56 #56C5CD

analogous

#CD5689 #CD5E56 #CD9A56

triadic

#CD5E56 #56CD5E #5E56CD

tetradic

#CD5E56 #89CD56 #56C5CD #9A56CD

square

#CD5E56 #89CD56 #56C5CD #9A56CD

split-complementary

#CD5E56 #56CD9A #5689CD

monochromatic

#822D26 #B13D34 #CD5E56 #DB8B85 #E9B8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#CD5E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#CD5E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E56

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E56	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.143 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28f85',
    500: '#cd5e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e56;
$custom-light: #e28f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.034,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61713,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E56

secondary

#A7D4D8

accent

#D4DE4A

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E56

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

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