#CD6556#CD6556

#CD6556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.135 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6556
RGB	rgb(205, 101, 86)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 39.88, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 48.58, 34.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.1171 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.135 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5128, 22.9620, 11.5749)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6556 #56BECD

analogous

#CD5683 #CD6556 #CDA156

triadic

#CD6556 #56CD65 #6556CD

tetradic

#CD6556 #83CD56 #56BECD #A156CD

square

#CD6556 #83CD56 #56BECD #A156CD

split-complementary

#CD6556 #56CDA1 #5683CD

monochromatic

#823226 #B14434 #CD6556 #DB9085 #E9BBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#CD6556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#CD6556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6556

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6556	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF5362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 101, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.135 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19386',
    500: '#cd6556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6556;
$custom-light: #e19386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.563,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62751,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6556

secondary

#A7D1D8

accent

#CBDE4A

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF1EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6556

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

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