#CD5E5E#CD5E5E

#CD5E5E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.142 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E5E
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 44.02, 21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 48.99, 26.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1312 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.142 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2024, 21.7963, 13.1515)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E5E #5ECDCD

analogous

#CD5E95 #CD5E5E #CD955E

triadic

#CD5E5E #5ECD5E #5E5ECD

tetradic

#CD5E5E #95CD5E #5ECDCD #955ECD

square

#CD5E5E #95CD5E #5ECDCD #955ECD

split-complementary

#CD5E5E #5ECD95 #5E95CD

monochromatic

#872A2A #B53838 #CD5E5E #DC8D8D #EABBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#CD5E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#CD5E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E5E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E5E	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78725D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94895C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.142 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f8b',
    500: '#cd5e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e5e;
$custom-light: #e18f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6187,
    "c": 0.14154,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E5E

secondary

#ADD9D9

accent

#DCDC4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160D0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E5E

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

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