#CD523D#CD523D

#CD523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.161 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD523D
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 47.54, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 60.27, 37.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1365 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.161 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0394, 19.3546, 6.6206)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD523D #3DB8CD

analogous

#CD3D70 #CD523D #CD9A3D

triadic

#CD523D #3DCD52 #523DCD

tetradic

#CD523D #70CD3D #3DB8CD #9A3DCD

square

#CD523D #70CD3D #3DB8CD #9A3DCD

split-complementary

#CD523D #3DCD9A #3D70CD

monochromatic

#722A1D #A33C2A #CD523D #DA7D6E #E6A99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CD523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CD523D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD523D

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD523D	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)

#73693A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.161 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48773',
    500: '#cd523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd523d;
$custom-light: #e48773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.75,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59653,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD523D

secondary

#93C9D2

accent

#CBE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD523D

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

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