#CD6255#CD6255

#CD6255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.138 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6255
RGB	rgb(205, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 41.32, 27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 49.65, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1214 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.138 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1868, 22.3740, 11.2688)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6255 #55C0CD

analogous

#CD5584 #CD6255 #CD9E55

triadic

#CD6255 #55CD62 #6255CD

tetradic

#CD6255 #84CD55 #55C0CD #9E55CD

square

#CD6255 #84CD55 #55C0CD #9E55CD

split-complementary

#CD6255 #55CD9E #5584CD

monochromatic

#823026 #B14234 #CD6255 #DB8E84 #E9B9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#CD6255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#CD6255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6255

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6255	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF505F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.138 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29185',
    500: '#cd6255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6255;
$custom-light: #e29185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62281,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6255

secondary

#A6D2D7

accent

#CEDE4A

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF1EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6255

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

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