#CD5540#CD5540

#CD5540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.157 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5540
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.67, 46.30, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.67, 58.67, 37.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.1332 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.157 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3537, 19.8502, 7.1352)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5540 #40B8CD

analogous

#CD4072 #CD5540 #CD9B40

triadic

#CD5540 #40CD55 #5540CD

tetradic

#CD5540 #72CD40 #40B8CD #9B40CD

square

#CD5540 #72CD40 #40B8CD #9B40CD

split-complementary

#CD5540 #40CD9B #4072CD

monochromatic

#742B1E #A53D2B #CD5540 #DA8071 #E6ABA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#CD5540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#CD5540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5540

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5540	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.157 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38975',
    500: '#cd5540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5540;
$custom-light: #e38975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.936,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60094,
    "c": 0.157,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5540

secondary

#96CAD3

accent

#CBE246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5540

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

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