#CD5440#CD5440

#CD5440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.158 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5440
RGB	rgb(205, 84, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, 46.77, 35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 58.91, 37.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.1347 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.158 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2755, 19.6938, 7.1092)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5440 #40B9CD

analogous

#CD4072 #CD5440 #CD9B40

triadic

#CD5440 #40CD54 #5440CD

tetradic

#CD5440 #72CD40 #40B9CD #9B40CD

square

#CD5440 #72CD40 #40B9CD #9B40CD

split-complementary

#CD5440 #40CD9B #4072CD

monochromatic

#742B1E #A53C2B #CD5440 #DA7F71 #E6ABA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CD5440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#CD5440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5440

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5440	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 84, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.158 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38875',
    500: '#cd5440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5440;
$custom-light: #e38875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.511,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5996,
    "c": 0.15799,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5440

secondary

#96CAD3

accent

#CCE246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5440

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

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