#CD523C#CD523C

#CD523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.161 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD523C
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 47.49, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 60.56, 38.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.1362 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.161 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0127, 19.3439, 6.4801)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD523C #3CB7CD

analogous

#CD3C6F #CD523C #CD9A3C

triadic

#CD523C #3CCD52 #523CCD

tetradic

#CD523C #6FCD3C #3CB7CD #9A3CCD

square

#CD523C #6FCD3C #3CB7CD #9A3CCD

split-complementary

#CD523C #3CCD9A #3C6FCD

monochromatic

#712A1D #A23C2A #CD523C #D97D6D #E6A89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CD523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CD523C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD523C

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD523C	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.161 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48772',
    500: '#cd523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd523c;
$custom-light: #e48772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.103,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5964,
    "c": 0.1609,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD523C

secondary

#93C9D2

accent

#CBE245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD523C

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

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