#CD5E61#CD5E61

#CD5E61 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.141 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E61
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 97)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 44.27, 19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 48.50, 24.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.1324 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.141 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3396, 21.8512, 13.8743)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E61 #5ECDCA

analogous

#CD5E98 #CD5E61 #CD925E

triadic

#CD5E61 #61CD5E #5E61CD

tetradic

#CD5E61 #98CD5E #5ECDCA #925ECD

square

#CD5E61 #98CD5E #5ECDCA #925ECD

split-complementary

#CD5E61 #5ECD92 #5E98CD

monochromatic

#872A2C #B5383C #CD5E61 #DC8D8F #EABBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#CD5E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#CD5E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E61

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E61	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93895F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.141 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f8d',
    500: '#cd5e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e61;
$custom-light: #e18f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.378,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61934,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E61

secondary

#ADD9D8

accent

#DCD84C

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF1F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160D0C

muted

#847E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E61

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

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