#CD5038#CD5038

#CD5038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.164 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5038
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 48.21, 39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 62.22, 39.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1376 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.164 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7623, 19.0059, 5.8946)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5038 #38B5CD

analogous

#CD386A #CD5038 #CD9A38

triadic

#CD5038 #38CD50 #5038CD

tetradic

#CD5038 #6ACD38 #38B5CD #9A38CD

square

#CD5038 #6ACD38 #38B5CD #9A38CD

split-complementary

#CD5038 #38CD9A #386ACD

monochromatic

#6F291C #A03B28 #CD5038 #D97B69 #E6A69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CD5038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CD5038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5038

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5038	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.164 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48670',
    500: '#cd5038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5038;
$custom-light: #e48670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.664,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59328,
    "c": 0.16376,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5038

secondary

#8FC7D1

accent

#CAE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5038

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

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