#CD5536#CD5536

#CD5536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.160 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5536
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 45.81, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 61.71, 42.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.1298 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.16 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0942, 19.7464, 5.7687)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5536 #36AECD

analogous

#CD3662 #CD5536 #CDA036

triadic

#CD5536 #36CD55 #5536CD

tetradic

#CD5536 #62CD36 #36AECD #A036CD

square

#CD5536 #62CD36 #36AECD #A036CD

split-complementary

#CD5536 #36CDA0 #3662CD

monochromatic

#6D2C1B #9E4027 #CD5536 #D97E67 #E5A898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CD5536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CD5536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5536

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5536	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	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)

#766A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.160 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4896e',
    500: '#cd5536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5536;
$custom-light: #e4896e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.318,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59967,
    "c": 0.1595,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5536

secondary

#8EC3D1

accent

#C3E344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5536

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

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