#CD5840#CD5840

#CD5840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.154 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5840
RGB	rgb(205, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 44.88, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 57.96, 39.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1288 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.154 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5949, 20.3326, 7.2156)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5840 #40B5CD

analogous

#CD406E #CD5840 #CD9F40

triadic

#CD5840 #40CD58 #5840CD

tetradic

#CD5840 #6ECD40 #40B5CD #9F40CD

square

#CD5840 #6ECD40 #40B5CD #9F40CD

split-complementary

#CD5840 #40CD9F #406ECD

monochromatic

#742D1E #A5402B #CD5840 #DA8271 #E6ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#CD5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#CD5840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5840

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5840	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.154 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38b75',
    500: '#cd5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5840;
$custom-light: #e38b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.213,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60506,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5840

secondary

#96C9D3

accent

#C7E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5840

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

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