#CD5942#CD5942

#CD5942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.153 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5942
RGB	rgb(205, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, 44.51, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 57.13, 38.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.128 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.153 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7354, 20.5211, 7.5483)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5942 #42B6CD

analogous

#CD4270 #CD5942 #CD9E42

triadic

#CD5942 #42CD59 #5942CD

tetradic

#CD5942 #70CD42 #42B6CD #9E42CD

square

#CD5942 #70CD42 #42B6CD #9E42CD

split-complementary

#CD5942 #42CD9E #4270CD

monochromatic

#762D1F #A6402C #CD5942 #DA8472 #E7AEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#CD5942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#CD5942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5942

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5942	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#786D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94873F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.153 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38b77',
    500: '#cd5942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5942;
$custom-light: #e38b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.928,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60673,
    "c": 0.15252,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5942

secondary

#97C9D3

accent

#C8E146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5942

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

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