#CD5544#CD5544

#CD5544 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.156 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5544
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 68)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 46.52, 33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 57.53, 36.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% 0.1347 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.156 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4716, 19.8974, 7.7564)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5544 #44BCCD

analogous

#CD4477 #CD5544 #CD9944

triadic

#CD5544 #44CD55 #5544CD

tetradic

#CD5544 #77CD44 #44BCCD #9944CD

square

#CD5544 #77CD44 #44BCCD #9944CD

split-complementary

#CD5544 #44CD99 #4477CD

monochromatic

#772B20 #A73C2D #CD5544 #DA8174 #E7ADA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CD5544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CD5544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5544

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5544	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)

#756B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.156 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38978',
    500: '#cd5544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5544;
$custom-light: #e38978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.445,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60152,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5544

secondary

#99CCD4

accent

#CEE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5544

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

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