Indianred #CD5C5C colour

#CD5C5C is the CSS colour indianred. RGB 205, 92, 92, HSL 0, 53%, 58%. Black text passes AA (5.28:1), white passes AA for large text (3.98:1).

#CD5C5C

CSS name: indianred
Nearest other: chocolate #d2691e
Described as: a muted red
Red, green, blue: 205, 92, 92
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.2141 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#cd5c5c`
RGB	`rgb(205, 92, 92)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(80.4% 36.1% 36.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(0, 53.1%, 58.2%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(0, 55.1%, 80.4%)`
HWB	`hwb(0 36.1% 19.6%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 55%, 55%, 20%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(53.93% 45.75 23.15)`
OKLCH	`oklch(61.54% 0.1442 22.23)`
Decimal	`13458524`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 3.98:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 5.28:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	3.98:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail
Black	5.28:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #CD5C5C (5.28:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#d26b6b 18%#d67a7a 27%#db8888 36%#df9797 45%#e4a6a6 55%#e8b5b5 64%#edc4c4 73%#f1d3d3 82%#f6e1e1 91%#faf0f0

9%#ba5454 18%#a84b4b 27%#954343 36%#823b3b 45%#703232 55%#5d2a2a 64%#4b2121 73%#381919 82%#251111 91%#130808

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#cd5c5c #5ccdcd

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#cd5c95 #cd5c5c #cd955c

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#cd5c5c #5ccd5c #5c5ccd

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#cd5c5c #5ccd95 #5c95cd

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#cd5c5c #95cd5c #5ccdcd #955ccd

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#cd5c5c Protanopia#77715b Deuteranopia#93885a Tritanopia#df495d Achromatopsia#808080

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #cd5c5c;`
Background	`background-color: #cd5c5c;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #cd5c5c;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(205 92 92 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #cd5c5c;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd5c5c, #7b3737);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #e19d9d, #cd5c5c);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #cd5c5c; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.