#CD5545#CD5545

#CD5545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.156 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5545
RGB	rgb(205, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 46.58, 33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 57.26, 35.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.135 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.156 30)
XYZ	xyz(29.5024, 19.9097, 7.9185)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5545 #45BDCD

analogous

#CD4579 #CD5545 #CD9945

triadic

#CD5545 #45CD55 #5545CD

tetradic

#CD5545 #79CD45 #45BDCD #9945CD

square

#CD5545 #79CD45 #45BDCD #9945CD

split-complementary

#CD5545 #45CD99 #4579CD

monochromatic

#772A20 #A83C2D #CD5545 #DA8175 #E7ADA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#CD5545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CD5545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5545

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5545	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)

#756B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.156 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38979',
    500: '#cd5545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5545;
$custom-light: #e38979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60167,
    "c": 0.15585,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.19906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5545

secondary

#9ACDD4

accent

#CFE147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5545

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

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