#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
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.04, 47.30, 39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.04, 61.76, 40.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% 0.1348 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.162 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9109, 19.3032, 5.9441)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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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
##CD5238	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)

#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

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

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