#CD5940#CD5940

#CD5940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.153 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5940
RGB	rgb(205, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 44.40, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 57.72, 39.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.1273 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.153 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6775, 20.4979, 7.2432)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5940 #40B4CD

analogous

#CD406E #CD5940 #CD9F40

triadic

#CD5940 #40CD59 #5940CD

tetradic

#CD5940 #6ECD40 #40B4CD #9F40CD

square

#CD5940 #6ECD40 #40B4CD #9F40CD

split-complementary

#CD5940 #40CD9F #406ECD

monochromatic

#742E1E #A5412B #CD5940 #DA8371 #E6ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#CD5940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#CD5940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5940

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5940	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.153 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38b76',
    500: '#cd5940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5940;
$custom-light: #e38b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.638,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60645,
    "c": 0.15304,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5940

secondary

#96C8D3

accent

#C6E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5940

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

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