#CD5238#CD5238

#CD5238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.162 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CD5238
RGBrgb(205, 82, 56)
HSLhsl(10, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(10, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(51.04, 47.30, 39.72)
CIE-LCHlch(51.04, 61.76, 40.02°)
OKLaboklab(59.59% 0.1348 0.0896)
OKLCHoklch(59.59% 0.162 33.6)
XYZxyz(28.9109, 19.3032, 5.9441)
Luminance0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CD5238 #38B3CD
analogous
#CD3868 #CD5238 #CD9C38
triadic
#CD5238 #38CD52 #5238CD
tetradic
#CD5238 #68CD38 #38B3CD #9C38CD
square
#CD5238 #68CD38 #38B3CD #9C38CD
split-complementary
#CD5238 #38CD9C #3868CD
monochromatic
#6F2A1C #A03D28 #CD5238 #D97D69 #E6A79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32
#CD5238 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86
#CD5238 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5238
4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CD5238#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CD52381.004.324.864.86
#FFFFFF4.321.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8621.001.001.00
##0000004.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#746935
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#928434
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E1364D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cd5238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.162 33.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48770',
    500: '#cd5238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cd5238;
$custom-light: #e48770;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cd5238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.47,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59589,
    "c": 0.16184,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CD5238
secondary
#8FC6D1
accent
#C7E345
background
#FFF8F6
surface
#FEF0EC
border
#D6CBC7
text
#170C07
muted
#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5238

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#CD5238 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva