#CD5F59#CD5F59

#CD5F59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.141 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5F59
RGB	rgb(205, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(3, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 43.12, 24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 49.62, 29.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% 0.1277 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.141 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0748, 21.8885, 12.0377)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5F59 #59C7CD

analogous

#CD598D #CD5F59 #CD9959

triadic

#CD5F59 #59CD5F #5F59CD

tetradic

#CD5F59 #8DCD59 #59C7CD #9959CD

square

#CD5F59 #8DCD59 #59C7CD #9959CD

split-complementary

#CD5F59 #59CD99 #598DCD

monochromatic

#842C28 #B33C36 #CD5F59 #DB8C88 #E9BAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#CD5F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#CD5F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5F59

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5F59	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	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)

#7A7258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.141 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18f88',
    500: '#cd5f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5f59;
$custom-light: #e18f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.103,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61914,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5F59

secondary

#AAD6D8

accent

#D6DD4B

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF1EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5F59

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

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