#CD5542#CD5542

#CD5542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.157 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5542
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 46.41, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 58.10, 36.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.1339 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.157 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4116, 19.8734, 7.4404)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5542 #42BACD

analogous

#CD4275 #CD5542 #CD9A42

triadic

#CD5542 #42CD55 #5542CD

tetradic

#CD5542 #75CD42 #42BACD #9A42CD

square

#CD5542 #75CD42 #42BACD #9A42CD

split-complementary

#CD5542 #42CD9A #4275CD

monochromatic

#762B1F #A63D2C #CD5542 #DA8172 #E7ACA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CD5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#CD5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5542

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5542	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)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.157 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38977',
    500: '#cd5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5542;
$custom-light: #e38977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.201,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60123,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5542

secondary

#97CBD3

accent

#CCE146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5542

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

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