#CD5442#CD5442

#CD5442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.158 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5442
RGB	rgb(205, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 46.88, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 58.34, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.1354 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.158 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3334, 19.7170, 7.4143)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5442 #42BBCD

analogous

#CD4275 #CD5442 #CD9942

triadic

#CD5442 #42CD54 #5442CD

tetradic

#CD5442 #75CD42 #42BBCD #9942CD

square

#CD5442 #75CD42 #42BBCD #9942CD

split-complementary

#CD5442 #42CD99 #4275CD

monochromatic

#762A1F #A63C2C #CD5442 #DA8072 #E7ACA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CD5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#CD5442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5442

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5442	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)

#746A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.158 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38877',
    500: '#cd5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5442;
$custom-light: #e38877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.77,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59988,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5442

secondary

#97CCD3

accent

#CDE146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5442

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

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