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Indian Red

Hex #CD5C5C, rgb(205 92 92). A red CSS named color.

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About Indian Red

Indian Red is a medium saturated red with the hex code #CD5C5C. In RGB it is made of 205 red, 92 green and 92 blue; in HSL its hue is 0°, with 53% saturation and 58% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 61.5%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "indianred" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 3.98:1 and against black 5.28:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Indian Red mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

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Indian Red 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Indian Red

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

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Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Indian Red with white and black. The readable text color on Indian Red is black.

Indian Red textSmall text on white

On white3.98:1

  • AA fail
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc 67

Indian Red textSmall text on black

On black5.28:1

  • AA pass
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -35

Black text on Indian Red (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Indian Red appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

  • Protanopia#77715B
  • Deuteranopia#93885A
  • Tritanopia#DF495D
  • Protanomaly#956F5A
  • Deuteranomaly#A17E5A
  • Tritanomaly#D5555C
  • Achromatopsia#808080

Colors similar to Indian Red

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Indian Red in CSS and Tailwind

CSS
.indian-red {
  color: indianred; /* #CD5C5C */
  background-color: rgb(205 92 92);
  border-color: oklch(61.5% 0.144 22.2);
}
Tailwind CSS
/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-indian-red-500, text-indian-red-700... */
@theme {
  --color-indian-red-50: #FFF8F8;
  --color-indian-red-100: #FDE8E6;
  --color-indian-red-200: #F6D0CE;
  --color-indian-red-300: #EEABA8;
  --color-indian-red-400: #DD7B78;
  --color-indian-red-500: #CD5C5C;
  --color-indian-red-600: #B54A4B;
  --color-indian-red-700: #93393A;
  --color-indian-red-800: #762E2F;
  --color-indian-red-900: #5F2626;
  --color-indian-red-950: #2B0809;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#CD5C5C] text-[#000000]">…</div>