#CD5340#CD5340

#CD5340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.159 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5340
RGB	rgb(205, 83, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 47.23, 35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 59.16, 37.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% 0.1361 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.159 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1984, 19.5397, 7.0835)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5340 #40BACD

analogous

#CD4074 #CD5340 #CD9940

triadic

#CD5340 #40CD53 #5340CD

tetradic

#CD5340 #74CD40 #40BACD #9940CD

square

#CD5340 #74CD40 #40BACD #9940CD

split-complementary

#CD5340 #40CD99 #4074CD

monochromatic

#742A1E #A53B2B #CD5340 #DA7F71 #E6AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CD5340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CD5340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5340

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5340	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 83, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.159 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38875',
    500: '#cd5340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5340;
$custom-light: #e38875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.085,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59827,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5340

secondary

#96CBD3

accent

#CDE246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5340

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

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