#CD5438#CD5438

#CD5438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.160 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5438
RGB	rgb(205, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 46.37, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 61.31, 40.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1319 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.16 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0640, 19.6092, 5.9951)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5438 #38B1CD

analogous

#CD3866 #CD5438 #CD9E38

triadic

#CD5438 #38CD54 #5438CD

tetradic

#CD5438 #66CD38 #38B1CD #9E38CD

square

#CD5438 #66CD38 #38B1CD #9E38CD

split-complementary

#CD5438 #38CD9E #3866CD

monochromatic

#6F2B1C #A03F28 #CD5438 #D97E69 #E6A89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#CD5438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#CD5438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5438

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5438	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)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.160 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48870',
    500: '#cd5438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5438;
$custom-light: #e48870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.275,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59856,
    "c": 0.15994,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5438

secondary

#8FC5D1

accent

#C5E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5438

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

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