#CD5A35#CD5A35

#CD5A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.155 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A35
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 43.38, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 60.98, 44.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.1221 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.155 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4786, 20.5524, 5.7822)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A35 #35A8CD

analogous

#CD355C #CD5A35 #CDA635

triadic

#CD5A35 #35CD5A #5A35CD

tetradic

#CD5A35 #5CCD35 #35A8CD #A635CD

square

#CD5A35 #5CCD35 #35A8CD #A635CD

split-complementary

#CD5A35 #35CDA6 #355CCD

monochromatic

#6D2F1B #9E4427 #CD5A35 #D98266 #E5AA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#CD5A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#CD5A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A35

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A35	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.155 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48c6e',
    500: '#cd5a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a35;
$custom-light: #e48c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.605,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60651,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A35

secondary

#8DC0D1

accent

#BDE344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A35

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

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