#CD503E#CD503E

#CD503E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.162 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD503E
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.77, 48.50, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.77, 60.46, 36.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1397 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.162 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9179, 19.0682, 6.7143)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD503E #3EBBCD

analogous

#CD3E74 #CD503E #CD973E

triadic

#CD503E #3ECD50 #503ECD

tetradic

#CD503E #74CD3E #3EBBCD #973ECD

square

#CD503E #74CD3E #3EBBCD #973ECD

split-complementary

#CD503E #3ECD97 #3E74CD

monochromatic

#73281E #A33A2A #CD503E #DA7C6F #E6A89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CD503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#CD503E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD503E

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD503E	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	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)

#72683B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.162 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48674',
    500: '#cd503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd503e;
$custom-light: #e48674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.552,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59406,
    "c": 0.16243,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD503E

secondary

#94CBD3

accent

#CEE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD503E

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

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