#CD5938#CD5938

#CD5938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.155 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5938
RGB	rgb(205, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 44.00, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 60.22, 43.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.1246 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.155 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4660, 20.4133, 6.1291)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5938 #38ACCD

analogous

#CD3861 #CD5938 #CDA338

triadic

#CD5938 #38CD59 #5938CD

tetradic

#CD5938 #61CD38 #38ACCD #A338CD

square

#CD5938 #61CD38 #38ACCD #A338CD

split-complementary

#CD5938 #38CDA3 #3861CD

monochromatic

#6F2E1C #A04328 #CD5938 #D98269 #E6AB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#CD5938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#CD5938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5938

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5938	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.155 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48b70',
    500: '#cd5938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5938;
$custom-light: #e48b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.289,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60544,
    "c": 0.15523,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5938

secondary

#8FC3D1

accent

#C0E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5938

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

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