#CD5042#CD5042

#CD5042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.162 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5042
RGB	rgb(205, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 48.71, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 59.35, 34.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1411 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.162 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0318, 19.1137, 7.3138)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5042 #42BFCD

analogous

#CD4279 #CD5042 #CD9542

triadic

#CD5042 #42CD50 #5042CD

tetradic

#CD5042 #79CD42 #42BFCD #9542CD

square

#CD5042 #79CD42 #42BFCD #9542CD

split-complementary

#CD5042 #42CD95 #4279CD

monochromatic

#76281F #A6382C #CD5042 #DA7D72 #E7AAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#CD5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#CD5042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5042

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5042	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)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.162 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38677',
    500: '#cd5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5042;
$custom-light: #e38677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.043,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59464,
    "c": 0.1616,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5042

secondary

#97CDD3

accent

#D2E146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5042

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

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