#CD5138#CD5138

#CD5138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.163 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5138
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 47.75, 39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 61.99, 39.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1362 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.163 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8361, 19.1535, 5.9192)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5138 #38B4CD

analogous

#CD3869 #CD5138 #CD9B38

triadic

#CD5138 #38CD51 #5138CD

tetradic

#CD5138 #69CD38 #38B4CD #9B38CD

square

#CD5138 #69CD38 #38B4CD #9B38CD

split-complementary

#CD5138 #38CD9B #3869CD

monochromatic

#6F2A1C #A03C28 #CD5138 #D97C69 #E6A79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#CD5138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#CD5138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5138

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5138	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.163 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48670',
    500: '#cd5138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5138;
$custom-light: #e48670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.067,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59458,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5138

secondary

#8FC6D1

accent

#C8E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5138

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

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