#CD5140#CD5140

#CD5140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.161 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5140
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 48.15, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 59.65, 36.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.139 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.161 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0476, 19.2381, 7.0332)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5140 #40BCCD

analogous

#CD4075 #CD5140 #CD9740

triadic

#CD5140 #40CD51 #5140CD

tetradic

#CD5140 #75CD40 #40BCCD #9740CD

square

#CD5140 #75CD40 #40BCCD #9740CD

split-complementary

#CD5140 #40CD97 #4075CD

monochromatic

#74291E #A53A2B #CD5140 #DA7D71 #E6A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CD5140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CD5140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5140

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5140	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.161 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38775',
    500: '#cd5140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5140;
$custom-light: #e38775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.234,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59564,
    "c": 0.161,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5140

secondary

#96CCD3

accent

#CFE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5140

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

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