#CD5533#CD5533

#CD5533 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.160 H 36.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5533
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 51)
HSL	hsl(13, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 45.68, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 62.66, 43.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% 0.1289 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.16 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0259, 19.7191, 5.4090)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5533 #33ABCD

analogous

#CD335E #CD5533 #CDA233

triadic

#CD5533 #33CD55 #5533CD

tetradic

#CD5533 #5ECD33 #33ABCD #A233CD

square

#CD5533 #5ECD33 #33ABCD #A233CD

split-complementary

#CD5533 #33CDA2 #335ECD

monochromatic

#6B2C1A #9C4026 #CD5533 #D97E64 #E5A795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CD5533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#CD5533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5533

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5533	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)

#766A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.160 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4896c',
    500: '#cd5533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5533;
$custom-light: #e4896c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.247,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59934,
    "c": 0.16028,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5533

secondary

#8BC1D0

accent

#C0E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5533

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

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