#CD5342#CD5342

#CD5342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.159 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5342
RGB	rgb(205, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 47.34, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 58.59, 36.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1368 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.159 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2564, 19.5629, 7.3886)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5342 #42BCCD

analogous

#CD4276 #CD5342 #CD9842

triadic

#CD5342 #42CD53 #5342CD

tetradic

#CD5342 #76CD42 #42BCCD #9842CD

square

#CD5342 #76CD42 #42BCCD #9842CD

split-complementary

#CD5342 #42CD98 #4276CD

monochromatic

#762A1F #A63B2C #CD5342 #DA7F72 #E7ABA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CD5342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#CD5342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5342

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5342	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)

#736A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.159 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38877',
    500: '#cd5342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5342;
$custom-light: #e38877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.338,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59855,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5342

secondary

#97CCD3

accent

#CEE146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5342

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

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