#CD5742#CD5742

#CD5742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.155 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5742
RGB	rgb(205, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, 45.47, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 57.61, 37.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.131 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.155 32)
XYZ	xyz(29.5713, 20.1927, 7.4936)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5742 #42B8CD

analogous

#CD4272 #CD5742 #CD9D42

triadic

#CD5742 #42CD57 #5742CD

tetradic

#CD5742 #72CD42 #42B8CD #9D42CD

square

#CD5742 #72CD42 #42B8CD #9D42CD

split-complementary

#CD5742 #42CD9D #4272CD

monochromatic

#762C1F #A63E2C #CD5742 #DA8272 #E7ADA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#CD5742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#CD5742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5742

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5742	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93863F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.155 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38a77',
    500: '#cd5742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5742;
$custom-light: #e38a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.065,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60395,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.20189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5742

secondary

#97CAD3

accent

#CAE146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5742

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

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