#CD6565#CD6565

#CD6565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.132 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6565
RGB	rgb(205, 101, 101)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 41.13, 19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 45.49, 25.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.1231 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.132 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1818, 23.2296, 15.0984)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6565 #65CDCD

analogous

#CD6599 #CD6565 #CD9965

triadic

#CD6565 #65CD65 #6565CD

tetradic

#CD6565 #99CD65 #65CDCD #9965CD

square

#CD6565 #99CD65 #65CDCD #9965CD

split-complementary

#CD6565 #65CD99 #6599CD

monochromatic

#8B2D2D #B93C3C #CD6565 #DC9393 #EBC1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#CD6565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#CD6565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6565

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6565	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968D63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE5666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 101, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.132 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19390',
    500: '#cd6565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6565;
$custom-light: #e19390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63049,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6565

secondary

#B3DBDB

accent

#DADA4D

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF2F0

border

#D5CCCB

text

#160D0C

muted

#847E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6565

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

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