#CD523E#CD523E

#CD523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.160 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD523E
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 47.59, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 59.98, 37.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.1369 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.16 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0666, 19.3654, 6.7638)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD523E #3EB9CD

analogous

#CD3E71 #CD523E #CD9A3E

triadic

#CD523E #3ECD52 #523ECD

tetradic

#CD523E #71CD3E #3EB9CD #9A3ECD

square

#CD523E #71CD3E #3EB9CD #9A3ECD

split-complementary

#CD523E #3ECD9A #3E71CD

monochromatic

#732A1E #A33B2A #CD523E #DA7E6F #E6A99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CD523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CD523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD523E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD523E	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)

#73693B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.160 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38774',
    500: '#cd523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd523e;
$custom-light: #e38774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.392,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59667,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD523E

secondary

#94CAD3

accent

#CCE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD523E

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

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