#CD6451#CD6451

#CD6451 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.137 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6451
RGB	rgb(205, 100, 81)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, 40.02, 30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 50.15, 37.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1168 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.137 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2218, 22.6912, 10.5186)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6451 #51BACD

analogous

#CD517C #CD6451 #CDA251

triadic

#CD6451 #51CD64 #6451CD

tetradic

#CD6451 #7CCD51 #51BACD #A251CD

square

#CD6451 #7CCD51 #51BACD #A251CD

split-complementary

#CD6451 #51CDA2 #517CCD

monochromatic

#7F3225 #AF4532 #CD6451 #DB8E81 #E8B9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#CD6451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#CD6451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6451

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6451	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 100, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.137 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29282',
    500: '#cd6451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6451;
$custom-light: #e29282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.194,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62512,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6451

secondary

#A3CFD7

accent

#C8DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160D0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6451

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

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