#CD5E65#CD5E65

#CD5E65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.141 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E65
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 101)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, 44.62, 17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 47.96, 21.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.1339 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.141 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5309, 21.9277, 14.8814)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E65 #5ECDC6

analogous

#CD5E9C #CD5E65 #CD8E5E

triadic

#CD5E65 #65CD5E #5E65CD

tetradic

#CD5E65 #9CCD5E #5ECDC6 #8E5ECD

square

#CD5E65 #9CCD5E #5ECDC6 #8E5ECD

split-complementary

#CD5E65 #5ECD8E #5E9CCD

monochromatic

#872A30 #B53840 #CD5E65 #DC8D92 #EABBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#CD5E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#CD5E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E65

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E65	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938A63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.141 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f90',
    500: '#cd5e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e65;
$custom-light: #e18f90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.216,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62022,
    "c": 0.14104,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E65

secondary

#ADD9D7

accent

#DCD34C

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF1F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160D0C

muted

#847E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E65

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

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