#CD5B38#CD5B38

#CD5B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.153 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5B38
RGB	rgb(205, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 43.03, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 59.80, 43.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.1216 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.153 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6347, 20.7507, 6.1854)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5B38 #38AACD

analogous

#CD385F #CD5B38 #CDA538

triadic

#CD5B38 #38CD5B #5B38CD

tetradic

#CD5B38 #5FCD38 #38AACD #A538CD

square

#CD5B38 #5FCD38 #38AACD #A538CD

split-complementary

#CD5B38 #38CDA5 #385FCD

monochromatic

#6F2F1C #A04428 #CD5B38 #D98369 #E6AC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#CD5B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#CD5B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5B38

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5B38	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)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.153 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38c70',
    500: '#cd5b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5b38;
$custom-light: #e38c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.094,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60828,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5B38

secondary

#8FC2D1

accent

#BEE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5B38

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

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