#CD5537#CD5537

#CD5537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.159 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5537
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 45.86, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 61.40, 41.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1301 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.159 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1179, 19.7559, 5.8937)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5537 #37AFCD

analogous

#CD3764 #CD5537 #CDA037

triadic

#CD5537 #37CD55 #5537CD

tetradic

#CD5537 #64CD37 #37AFCD #A037CD

square

#CD5537 #64CD37 #37AFCD #A037CD

split-complementary

#CD5537 #37CDA0 #3764CD

monochromatic

#6E2C1C #9F4028 #CD5537 #D97F68 #E5A899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CD5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#CD5537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5537

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5537	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)

#766A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.159 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4896f',
    500: '#cd5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5537;
$custom-light: #e4896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59979,
    "c": 0.15925,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5537

secondary

#8FC4D1

accent

#C3E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5537

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

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