#CD5E5B#CD5E5B

#CD5E5B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.142 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E5B
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 91)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(2, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 43.77, 23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 49.53, 27.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% 0.13 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.142 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0704, 21.7435, 12.4562)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E5B #5BCACD

analogous

#CD5B91 #CD5E5B #CD975B

triadic

#CD5E5B #5BCD5E #5E5BCD

tetradic

#CD5E5B #91CD5B #5BCACD #975BCD

square

#CD5E5B #91CD5B #5BCACD #975BCD

split-complementary

#CD5E5B #5BCD97 #5B91CD

monochromatic

#852B29 #B43A37 #CD5E5B #DB8C8A #EABAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#CD5E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#CD5E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E5B

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E5B	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78725A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.142 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f89',
    500: '#cd5e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e5b;
$custom-light: #e18f89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.579,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61809,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E5B

secondary

#ABD7D9

accent

#D9DD4B

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160D0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E5B

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

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