#CD5142#CD5142

#CD5142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.161 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5142
RGB	rgb(205, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 48.26, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 59.10, 35.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.1397 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.161 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1055, 19.2613, 7.3384)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5142 #42BECD

analogous

#CD4278 #CD5142 #CD9642

triadic

#CD5142 #42CD51 #5142CD

tetradic

#CD5142 #78CD42 #42BECD #9642CD

square

#CD5142 #78CD42 #42BECD #9642CD

split-complementary

#CD5142 #42CD96 #4278CD

monochromatic

#76281F #A6392C #CD5142 #DA7E72 #E7AAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CD5142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CD5142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5142

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5142	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)

#726940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.161 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38777',
    500: '#cd5142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5142;
$custom-light: #e38777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.475,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59593,
    "c": 0.16058,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5142

secondary

#97CDD3

accent

#D1E146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5142

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

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