#CD5638#CD5638

#CD5638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.158 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5638
RGB	rgb(205, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, 45.43, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 60.86, 41.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.129 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.158 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2214, 19.9241, 6.0476)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5638 #38AFCD

analogous

#CD3864 #CD5638 #CDA138

triadic

#CD5638 #38CD56 #5638CD

tetradic

#CD5638 #64CD38 #38AFCD #A138CD

square

#CD5638 #64CD38 #38AFCD #A138CD

split-complementary

#CD5638 #38CDA1 #3864CD

monochromatic

#6F2D1C #A04028 #CD5638 #D98069 #E6A99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#CD5638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#CD5638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5638

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5638	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#776B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.158 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48970',
    500: '#cd5638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5638;
$custom-light: #e48970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.081,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60127,
    "c": 0.15804,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5638

secondary

#8FC4D1

accent

#C3E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5638

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

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