#CD5C37#CD5C37

#CD5C37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.153 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C37
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 42.49, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 59.92, 44.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1198 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.153 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6965, 20.9131, 6.0865)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C37 #37A8CD

analogous

#CD375D #CD5C37 #CDA737

triadic

#CD5C37 #37CD5C #5C37CD

tetradic

#CD5C37 #5DCD37 #37A8CD #A737CD

square

#CD5C37 #5DCD37 #37A8CD #A737CD

split-complementary

#CD5C37 #37CDA7 #375DCD

monochromatic

#6E301C #9F4528 #CD5C37 #D98468 #E5AC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CD5C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#CD5C37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C37

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C37	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.153 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38d6f',
    500: '#cd5c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c37;
$custom-light: #e38d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6096,
    "c": 0.15277,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C37

secondary

#8FC1D1

accent

#BCE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C37

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

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