#CD5040#CD5040

#CD5040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.162 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5040
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 48.60, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 59.90, 35.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.1404 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.162 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9738, 19.0906, 7.0086)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5040 #40BDCD

analogous

#CD4076 #CD5040 #CD9740

triadic

#CD5040 #40CD50 #5040CD

tetradic

#CD5040 #76CD40 #40BDCD #9740CD

square

#CD5040 #76CD40 #40BDCD #9740CD

split-complementary

#CD5040 #40CD97 #4076CD

monochromatic

#74281E #A5392B #CD5040 #DA7C71 #E6A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CD5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#CD5040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5040

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5040	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.162 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38675',
    500: '#cd5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5040;
$custom-light: #e38675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.809,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59434,
    "c": 0.16201,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5040

secondary

#96CCD3

accent

#D0E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5040

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

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