#CD553C#CD553C

#CD553C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.158 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD553C
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 60)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, 46.09, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 59.86, 39.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.1318 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.158 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2439, 19.8063, 6.5572)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD553C #3CB4CD

analogous

#CD3C6C #CD553C #CD9E3C

triadic

#CD553C #3CCD55 #553CCD

tetradic

#CD553C #6CCD3C #3CB4CD #9E3CCD

square

#CD553C #6CCD3C #3CB4CD #9E3CCD

split-complementary

#CD553C #3CCD9E #3C6CCD

monochromatic

#712C1D #A23E2A #CD553C #D97F6D #E6AA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#CD553C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#CD553C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD553C

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD553C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD553C	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#756B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd553c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.158 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38973',
    500: '#cd553c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd553c;
$custom-light: #e38973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd553c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.345,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60041,
    "c": 0.15797,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD553C

secondary

#93C7D2

accent

#C7E245

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD553C

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

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