#CD5535#CD5535

#CD5535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.160 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5535
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(13, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, 45.77, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 62.03, 42.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.1295 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.16 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0709, 19.7371, 5.6463)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5535 #35ADCD

analogous

#CD3561 #CD5535 #CDA135

triadic

#CD5535 #35CD55 #5535CD

tetradic

#CD5535 #61CD35 #35ADCD #A135CD

square

#CD5535 #61CD35 #35ADCD #A135CD

split-complementary

#CD5535 #35CDA1 #3561CD

monochromatic

#6D2C1B #9E4027 #CD5535 #D97E66 #E5A897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#CD5535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CD5535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5535

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5535	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.160 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4896e',
    500: '#cd5535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5535;
$custom-light: #e4896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.632,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59956,
    "c": 0.15976,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5535

secondary

#8DC2D1

accent

#C2E344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5535

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

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