#CD5A38#CD5A38

#CD5A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.154 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A38
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 43.52, 41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 60.01, 43.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.1231 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.154 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5498, 20.5809, 6.1571)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A38 #38ABCD

analogous

#CD3860 #CD5A38 #CDA438

triadic

#CD5A38 #38CD5A #5A38CD

tetradic

#CD5A38 #60CD38 #38ABCD #A438CD

square

#CD5A38 #60CD38 #38ABCD #A438CD

split-complementary

#CD5A38 #38CDA4 #3860CD

monochromatic

#6F2F1C #A04328 #CD5A38 #D98369 #E6AB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#CD5A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#CD5A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A38

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A38	1.00	4.11	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.154 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38c70',
    500: '#cd5a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a38;
$custom-light: #e38c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.691,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60685,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A38

secondary

#8FC2D1

accent

#BFE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A38

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

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