CSS named color

Indian Red #CD5C5C

Indian Red is red. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Indian Red used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
3.98:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✓
Aa The quick brown fox
5.28:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✕ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Indian Red — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Indian Red by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#CD5C5C ≈ Tomato #5BCDCD ≈ Medium Turquoise

Analogous

#CD5B94 ≈ Pale Violet Red #CD5C5C ≈ Tomato #CD945B ≈ Peru

Triadic

#CD5C5C ≈ Tomato #5BCD5B ≈ Medium Sea Green #5B5BCD ≈ Slate Blue

Split-complementary

#CD5C5C ≈ Tomato #5BCD94 ≈ Medium Aquamarine #5B94CD ≈ Cornflower Blue

Tetradic

#CD5C5C ≈ Tomato #94CD5B ≈ Yellow Green #5BCDCD ≈ Medium Turquoise #945BCD ≈ Medium Purple

Use Indian Red in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#cd5c5c], border-[#cd5c5c].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Indian Red into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

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Similar named colors

Tomato #FF6347 Peru #CD853F Pale Violet Red #DB7093 Chocolate #D2691E Sienna #A0522D Light Coral #F08080

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