#CD5235#CD5235

#CD5235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.163 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5235
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 47.16, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 62.68, 41.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.1338 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.163 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8398, 19.2747, 5.5692)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5235 #35B0CD

analogous

#CD3564 #CD5235 #CD9E35

triadic

#CD5235 #35CD52 #5235CD

tetradic

#CD5235 #64CD35 #35B0CD #9E35CD

square

#CD5235 #64CD35 #35B0CD #9E35CD

split-complementary

#CD5235 #35CD9E #3564CD

monochromatic

#6D2B1B #9E3E27 #CD5235 #D97C66 #E5A697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#CD5235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#CD5235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5235

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5235	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)

#746831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.163 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4876e',
    500: '#cd5235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5235;
$custom-light: #e4876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.447,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59554,
    "c": 0.16257,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5235

secondary

#8DC4D1

accent

#C5E344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5235

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

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