Indian Red `#CD5C5C`

Indian Red (#CD5C5C) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 22°, lightness 0.62 and chroma 0.144. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#CD5C5C`
RGB	`rgb(205, 92, 92)`
HSL	`hsl(0, 53%, 58%)`
HSV	`hsv(0, 55%, 80%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 55%, 55%, 20%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(53.4 44.8 22.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.615 0.144 22)`

How Indian Red behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Indian Red shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #cf5855 — ΔE 1.0, shifts subtly: leans toward orange
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #d15c5a — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #cd5c5c — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
North light / shade (~7500K diffuse blue-sky light): → #ce5d5e — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.98:1 and against black 5.28:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Indian Red

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffcfcc · #fa9390 · #cd5c5c · #ab4344 · #7e2126 · #52000b

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#e09562 · #d9795a · #cd5c5c · #b14c67 · #94406b · #75366a

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#f9b349 · #be9d70 · #cd5c5c · #a24646 · #7f2c2e · #462b00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#ffe6e5 · #00deeb · #cd5c5c · #7c5b5a · #6b3333 · #401f1f

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e3f6f8 · #b29998 · #cd5c5c · #606d6e · #3c2524 · #000202

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #cd5c5c

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d6d9b4 · #6dcdac · #cd5c5c · #856384 · #31422f · #1a0b03

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d1fbfe · #40b798 · #cd5c5c · #00749e · #003529 · #00040a

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e2fadf · #75b26f · #cd5c5c · #3a66bd · #052568 · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#f2f5d4 · #a2a74c · #cd5c5c · #007981 · #301862 · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DA7572 · #E68C89 · #F1A4A0 · #FCBCB8 · #FFD6D4

Shades

#AD4848 · #8E3436 · #702124 · #530D13 · #370004

Muted

#C06765 · #B1716E · #A27977

Using Indian Red

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.