#CD5236#CD5236

#CD5236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.162 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5236
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 47.21, 40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 62.37, 40.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.1341 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.162 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8630, 19.2840, 5.6916)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5236 #36B1CD

analogous

#CD3665 #CD5236 #CD9D36

triadic

#CD5236 #36CD52 #5236CD

tetradic

#CD5236 #65CD36 #36B1CD #9D36CD

square

#CD5236 #65CD36 #36B1CD #9D36CD

split-complementary

#CD5236 #36CD9D #3665CD

monochromatic

#6D2A1B #9E3D27 #CD5236 #D97C67 #E5A698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#CD5236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#CD5236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5236

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5236	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.162 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4876e',
    500: '#cd5236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5236;
$custom-light: #e4876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.126,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59566,
    "c": 0.16233,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5236

secondary

#8EC4D1

accent

#C6E344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5236

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

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