#CD5437#CD5437

#CD5437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.160 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5437
RGB	rgb(205, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 46.32, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 61.62, 41.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.1316 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.16 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0397, 19.5996, 5.8676)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5437 #37B0CD

analogous

#CD3765 #CD5437 #CD9F37

triadic

#CD5437 #37CD54 #5437CD

tetradic

#CD5437 #65CD37 #37B0CD #9F37CD

square

#CD5437 #65CD37 #37B0CD #9F37CD

split-complementary

#CD5437 #37CD9F #3765CD

monochromatic

#6E2B1C #9F3F28 #CD5437 #D97E68 #E5A899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CD5437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CD5437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5437

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5437	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.160 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4886f',
    500: '#cd5437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5437;
$custom-light: #e4886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59844,
    "c": 0.16019,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5437

secondary

#8FC4D1

accent

#C5E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5437

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

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