#CD503B#CD503B

#CD503B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.163 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD503B
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 48.35, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 61.33, 37.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.1387 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.163 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8379, 19.0362, 6.2926)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD503B #3BB8CD

analogous

#CD3B6F #CD503B #CD993B

triadic

#CD503B #3BCD50 #503BCD

tetradic

#CD503B #6FCD3B #3BB8CD #993BCD

square

#CD503B #6FCD3B #3BB8CD #993BCD

split-complementary

#CD503B #3BCD99 #3B6FCD

monochromatic

#71291D #A23B29 #CD503B #D97C6C #E6A79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CD503B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#CD503B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD503B

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD503B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD503B	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd503b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.163 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48672',
    500: '#cd503b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd503b;
$custom-light: #e48672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd503b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.63,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59366,
    "c": 0.16309,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD503B

secondary

#92C9D2

accent

#CCE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD503B

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

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