#CD5039#CD5039

#CD5039 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.164 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5039
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 57)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 48.26, 38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 61.92, 38.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.138 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.164 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7870, 19.0158, 6.0247)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5039 #39B6CD

analogous

#CD396C #CD5039 #CD9A39

triadic

#CD5039 #39CD50 #5039CD

tetradic

#CD5039 #6CCD39 #39B6CD #9A39CD

square

#CD5039 #6CCD39 #39B6CD #9A39CD

split-complementary

#CD5039 #39CD9A #396CCD

monochromatic

#6F291C #A03B28 #CD5039 #D97B6A #E6A69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CD5039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CD5039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5039

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5039	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)

#726836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.164 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48670',
    500: '#cd5039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5039;
$custom-light: #e48670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.324,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59341,
    "c": 0.16353,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5039

secondary

#90C7D2

accent

#CAE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5039

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

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