#CD5240#CD5240

#CD5240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.160 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5240
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 47.69, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 59.40, 36.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.1376 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.16 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1225, 19.3878, 7.0582)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5240 #40BBCD

analogous

#CD4074 #CD5240 #CD9940

triadic

#CD5240 #40CD52 #5240CD

tetradic

#CD5240 #74CD40 #40BBCD #9940CD

square

#CD5240 #74CD40 #40BBCD #9940CD

split-complementary

#CD5240 #40CD99 #4074CD

monochromatic

#74291E #A53B2B #CD5240 #DA7E71 #E6AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#CD5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CD5240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5240

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5240	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.160 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38775',
    500: '#cd5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5240;
$custom-light: #e38775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.66,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59695,
    "c": 0.16,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5240

secondary

#96CBD3

accent

#CEE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5240

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

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