#CD5243#CD5243

#CD5243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.159 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5243
RGB	rgb(205, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 47.86, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 58.57, 35.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1386 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.159 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2101, 19.4229, 7.5199)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5243 #43BECD

analogous

#CD4379 #CD5243 #CD9743

triadic

#CD5243 #43CD52 #5243CD

tetradic

#CD5243 #79CD43 #43BECD #9743CD

square

#CD5243 #79CD43 #43BECD #9743CD

split-complementary

#CD5243 #43CD97 #4379CD

monochromatic

#76291F #A73A2C #CD5243 #DA7E73 #E7ABA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#CD5243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#CD5243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5243

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5243	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)

#736941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.159 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38777',
    500: '#cd5243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5243;
$custom-light: #e38777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.522,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59738,
    "c": 0.15935,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5243

secondary

#98CDD4

accent

#D0E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5243

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

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