#CD5A48#CD5A48

#CD5A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.150 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A48
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 44.38, 32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 55.16, 36.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.1287 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.15 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0055, 20.7631, 8.5572)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A48 #48BBCD

analogous

#CD4879 #CD5A48 #CD9D48

triadic

#CD5A48 #48CD5A #5A48CD

tetradic

#CD5A48 #79CD48 #48BBCD #9D48CD

square

#CD5A48 #79CD48 #48BBCD #9D48CD

split-complementary

#CD5A48 #48CD9D #4879CD

monochromatic

#792D21 #A93F2E #CD5A48 #DA8578 #E7B1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#CD5A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#CD5A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A48

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A48	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.150 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38c7b',
    500: '#cd5a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a48;
$custom-light: #e38c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.12,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60903,
    "c": 0.15001,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A48

secondary

#9CCDD5

accent

#CCE047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A48

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

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