#CD5A49#CD5A49

#CD5A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.150 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5A49
RGB	rgb(205, 90, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 44.44, 32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 54.89, 35.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.1291 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.15 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0384, 20.7763, 8.7305)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5A49 #49BCCD

analogous

#CD497A #CD5A49 #CD9C49

triadic

#CD5A49 #49CD5A #5A49CD

tetradic

#CD5A49 #7ACD49 #49BCCD #9C49CD

square

#CD5A49 #7ACD49 #49BCCD #9C49CD

split-complementary

#CD5A49 #49CD9C #497ACD

monochromatic

#7A2D22 #AA3F2F #CD5A49 #DA8679 #E7B1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#CD5A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#CD5A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5A49

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5A49	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	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)

#786E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 90, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.150 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38c7c',
    500: '#cd5a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5a49;
$custom-light: #e38c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60918,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5A49

secondary

#9DCED5

accent

#CDE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5A49

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

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