#CD5B42#CD5B42

#CD5B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.151 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5B42
RGB	rgb(205, 91, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, 43.54, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 56.65, 39.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.125 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.151 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9041, 20.8585, 7.6046)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5B42 #42B4CD

analogous

#CD426F #CD5B42 #CDA042

triadic

#CD5B42 #42CD5B #5B42CD

tetradic

#CD5B42 #6FCD42 #42B4CD #A042CD

square

#CD5B42 #6FCD42 #42B4CD #A042CD

split-complementary

#CD5B42 #42CDA0 #426FCD

monochromatic

#762F1F #A6422C #CD5B42 #DA8572 #E7AFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#CD5B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#CD5B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5B42

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5B42	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)

#796F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 91, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.151 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38d77',
    500: '#cd5b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5b42;
$custom-light: #e38d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.791,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60956,
    "c": 0.15054,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5B42

secondary

#97C9D3

accent

#C6E146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5B42

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

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