#CD5A42#CD5A42

#CD5A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.152 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A42
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 44.03, 36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 56.89, 39.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% 0.1265 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.152 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8192, 20.6886, 7.5762)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A42 #42B5CD

analogous

#CD426F #CD5A42 #CDA042

triadic

#CD5A42 #42CD5A #5A42CD

tetradic

#CD5A42 #6FCD42 #42B5CD #A042CD

square

#CD5A42 #6FCD42 #42B5CD #A042CD

split-complementary

#CD5A42 #42CDA0 #426FCD

monochromatic

#762E1F #A6412C #CD5A42 #DA8472 #E7AFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#CD5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#CD5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A42

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A42	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.152 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38c77',
    500: '#cd5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a42;
$custom-light: #e38c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.36,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60814,
    "c": 0.15153,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A42

secondary

#97C9D3

accent

#C7E146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A42

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

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