#CD553B#CD553B

#CD553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.158 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD553B
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 46.04, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 60.16, 40.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.1315 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.158 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2177, 19.7958, 6.4192)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD553B #3BB3CD

analogous

#CD3B6A #CD553B #CD9E3B

triadic

#CD553B #3BCD55 #553BCD

tetradic

#CD553B #6ACD3B #3BB3CD #9E3BCD

square

#CD553B #6ACD3B #3BB3CD #9E3BCD

split-complementary

#CD553B #3BCD9E #3B6ACD

monochromatic

#712C1D #A23F29 #CD553B #D97F6C #E6AA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#CD553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#CD553B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD553B

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD553B	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.158 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48972',
    500: '#cd553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd553b;
$custom-light: #e48972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.685,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60028,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD553B

secondary

#92C7D2

accent

#C7E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD553B

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

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