#CD5838#CD5838

#CD5838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.156 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5838
RGB	rgb(205, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 44.48, 40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 60.43, 42.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.1261 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.156 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3833, 20.2480, 6.1016)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5838 #38ADCD

analogous

#CD3862 #CD5838 #CDA238

triadic

#CD5838 #38CD58 #5838CD

tetradic

#CD5838 #62CD38 #38ADCD #A238CD

square

#CD5838 #62CD38 #38ADCD #A238CD

split-complementary

#CD5838 #38CDA2 #3862CD

monochromatic

#6F2E1C #A04228 #CD5838 #D98169 #E6AA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#CD5838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#CD5838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5838

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5838	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.156 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48b70',
    500: '#cd5838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5838;
$custom-light: #e48b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.886,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60404,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5838

secondary

#8FC3D1

accent

#C1E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5838

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

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