#CD5A40#CD5A40

#CD5A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.152 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A40
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 43.92, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 57.49, 40.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% 0.1258 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.152 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7613, 20.6655, 7.2711)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A40 #40B3CD

analogous

#CD406C #CD5A40 #CDA140

triadic

#CD5A40 #40CD5A #5A40CD

tetradic

#CD5A40 #6CCD40 #40B3CD #A140CD

square

#CD5A40 #6CCD40 #40B3CD #A140CD

split-complementary

#CD5A40 #40CDA1 #406CCD

monochromatic

#742E1E #A5422B #CD5A40 #DA8471 #E6AEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#CD5A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#CD5A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A40

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A40	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.152 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38c76',
    500: '#cd5a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a40;
$custom-light: #e38c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.064,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60786,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A40

secondary

#96C8D3

accent

#C5E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A40

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

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