#CD5543#CD5543

#CD5543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.156 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5543
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 46.46, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 57.81, 36.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1343 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.156 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4413, 19.8853, 7.5970)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5543 #43BBCD

analogous

#CD4376 #CD5543 #CD9A43

triadic

#CD5543 #43CD55 #5543CD

tetradic

#CD5543 #76CD43 #43BBCD #9A43CD

square

#CD5543 #76CD43 #43BBCD #9A43CD

split-complementary

#CD5543 #43CD9A #4376CD

monochromatic

#762B1F #A73C2C #CD5543 #DA8173 #E7ACA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CD5543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CD5543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5543

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5543	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.156 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38977',
    500: '#cd5543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5543;
$custom-light: #e38977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60137,
    "c": 0.1563,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5543

secondary

#98CCD4

accent

#CDE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5543

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

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