#CD5E62#CD5E62

#CD5E62 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.141 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E62
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 98)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, 44.35, 19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 48.36, 23.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.1328 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.141 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3866, 21.8700, 14.1214)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E62 #5ECDC9

analogous

#CD5E99 #CD5E62 #CD915E

triadic

#CD5E62 #62CD5E #5E62CD

tetradic

#CD5E62 #99CD5E #5ECDC9 #915ECD

square

#CD5E62 #99CD5E #5ECDC9 #915ECD

split-complementary

#CD5E62 #5ECD91 #5E99CD

monochromatic

#872A2D #B5383D #CD5E62 #DC8D90 #EABBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#CD5E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#CD5E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E62

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E62	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)

#777361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.141 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f8e',
    500: '#cd5e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e62;
$custom-light: #e18f8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.838,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61955,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E62

secondary

#ADD9D8

accent

#DCD74C

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF1F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160D0C

muted

#847E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E62

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →