#CD5242#CD5242

#CD5242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.160 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5242
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 47.80, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 58.84, 35.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.1383 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.16 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1804, 19.4110, 7.3633)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5242 #42BDCD

analogous

#CD4278 #CD5242 #CD9742

triadic

#CD5242 #42CD52 #5242CD

tetradic

#CD5242 #78CD42 #42BDCD #9742CD

square

#CD5242 #78CD42 #42BDCD #9742CD

split-complementary

#CD5242 #42CD97 #4278CD

monochromatic

#76291F #A63A2C #CD5242 #DA7E72 #E7ABA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CD5242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CD5242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5242

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5242	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	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)

#736940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.160 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38777',
    500: '#cd5242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5242;
$custom-light: #e38777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.906,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59723,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5242

secondary

#97CCD3

accent

#D0E146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5242

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

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