#CD5A45#CD5A45

#CD5A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.151 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A45
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 44.20, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 56.01, 37.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.1276 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.151 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9100, 20.7249, 8.0543)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A45 #45B8CD

analogous

#CD4574 #CD5A45 #CD9E45

triadic

#CD5A45 #45CD5A #5A45CD

tetradic

#CD5A45 #74CD45 #45B8CD #9E45CD

square

#CD5A45 #74CD45 #45B8CD #9E45CD

split-complementary

#CD5A45 #45CD9E #4574CD

monochromatic

#772E20 #A8402D #CD5A45 #DA8575 #E7B0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#CD5A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#CD5A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A45

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A45	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	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)

#786E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.151 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38c79',
    500: '#cd5a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a45;
$custom-light: #e38c79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.265,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60857,
    "c": 0.15075,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A45

secondary

#9ACBD4

accent

#C9E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A45

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

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