#CD5740#CD5740

#CD5740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.155 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5740
RGB	rgb(205, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 45.36, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 58.19, 38.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1303 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.155 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5133, 20.1696, 7.1885)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5740 #40B6CD

analogous

#CD4070 #CD5740 #CD9D40

triadic

#CD5740 #40CD57 #5740CD

tetradic

#CD5740 #70CD40 #40B6CD #9D40CD

square

#CD5740 #70CD40 #40B6CD #9D40CD

split-complementary

#CD5740 #40CD9D #4070CD

monochromatic

#742C1E #A53F2B #CD5740 #DA8271 #E6ACA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#CD5740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CD5740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5740

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5740	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.155 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38a75',
    500: '#cd5740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5740;
$custom-light: #e38a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.787,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60367,
    "c": 0.15501,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5740

secondary

#96C9D3

accent

#C8E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5740

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

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