#CD5541#CD5541

#CD5541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.157 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5541
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, 46.35, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 58.38, 37.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1336 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.157 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3824, 19.8617, 7.2865)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5541 #41B9CD

analogous

#CD4173 #CD5541 #CD9B41

triadic

#CD5541 #41CD55 #5541CD

tetradic

#CD5541 #73CD41 #41B9CD #9B41CD

square

#CD5541 #73CD41 #41B9CD #9B41CD

split-complementary

#CD5541 #41CD9B #4173CD

monochromatic

#752B1F #A53D2C #CD5541 #DA8071 #E6ACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CD5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#CD5541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5541

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5541	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#756B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.157 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38976',
    500: '#cd5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5541;
$custom-light: #e38976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60108,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5541

secondary

#97CBD3

accent

#CBE246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5541

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

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