#CD5E59#CD5E59

#CD5E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.142 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E59
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(3, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, 43.61, 24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 49.92, 29.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.1292 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.142 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9853, 21.7095, 12.0079)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E59 #59C8CD

analogous

#CD598E #CD5E59 #CD9859

triadic

#CD5E59 #59CD5E #5E59CD

tetradic

#CD5E59 #8ECD59 #59C8CD #9859CD

square

#CD5E59 #8ECD59 #59C8CD #9859CD

split-complementary

#CD5E59 #59CD98 #598ECD

monochromatic

#842C28 #B33B36 #CD5E59 #DB8C88 #E9B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#CD5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#CD5E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E59

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E59	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.142 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f88',
    500: '#cd5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e59;
$custom-light: #e18f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.586,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6177,
    "c": 0.1422,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E59

secondary

#AAD6D8

accent

#D7DD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E59

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

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