#CD523F#CD523F

#CD523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.160 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD523F
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 47.64, 35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 59.69, 37.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.1372 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.16 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0943, 19.3765, 6.9097)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD523F #3FBACD

analogous

#CD3F73 #CD523F #CD993F

triadic

#CD523F #3FCD52 #523FCD

tetradic

#CD523F #73CD3F #3FBACD #993FCD

square

#CD523F #73CD3F #3FBACD #993FCD

split-complementary

#CD523F #3FCD99 #3F73CD

monochromatic

#742A1E #A43B2B #CD523F #DA7E70 #E6AAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CD523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#CD523F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD523F

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD523F	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)

#73693C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.160 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38775',
    500: '#cd523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd523f;
$custom-light: #e38775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.028,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59681,
    "c": 0.16022,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD523F

secondary

#95CAD3

accent

#CDE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD523F

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

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