#CD5738#CD5738

#CD5738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.157 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5738
RGB	rgb(205, 87, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 44.96, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 60.65, 42.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1275 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.157 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3018, 20.0849, 6.0744)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5738 #38AECD

analogous

#CD3863 #CD5738 #CDA138

triadic

#CD5738 #38CD57 #5738CD

tetradic

#CD5738 #63CD38 #38AECD #A138CD

square

#CD5738 #63CD38 #38AECD #A138CD

split-complementary

#CD5738 #38CDA1 #3863CD

monochromatic

#6F2D1C #A04128 #CD5738 #D98069 #E6AA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#CD5738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#CD5738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5738

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5738	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 87, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.157 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48a70',
    500: '#cd5738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5738;
$custom-light: #e48a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.483,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60265,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5738

secondary

#8FC4D1

accent

#C2E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5738

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

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