#CD5B40#CD5B40

#CD5B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.151 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5B40
RGB	rgb(205, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 43.43, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 57.26, 40.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.1243 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.151 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8462, 20.8353, 7.2994)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5B40 #40B2CD

analogous

#CD406C #CD5B40 #CDA140

triadic

#CD5B40 #40CD5B #5B40CD

tetradic

#CD5B40 #6CCD40 #40B2CD #A140CD

square

#CD5B40 #6CCD40 #40B2CD #A140CD

split-complementary

#CD5B40 #40CDA1 #406CCD

monochromatic

#742F1E #A5422B #CD5B40 #DA8571 #E6AEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#CD5B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#CD5B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5B40

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5B40	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.151 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38d76',
    500: '#cd5b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5b40;
$custom-light: #e38d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.489,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60928,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5B40

secondary

#96C7D3

accent

#C4E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5B40

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

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