#CD5C38#CD5C38

#CD5C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.152 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C38
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 42.54, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 59.59, 44.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1201 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.152 38)
XYZ	xyz(29.7207, 20.9228, 6.2141)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C38 #38A9CD

analogous

#CD385E #CD5C38 #CDA638

triadic

#CD5C38 #38CD5C #5C38CD

tetradic

#CD5C38 #5ECD38 #38A9CD #A638CD

square

#CD5C38 #5ECD38 #38A9CD #A638CD

split-complementary

#CD5C38 #38CDA6 #385ECD

monochromatic

#6F301C #A04528 #CD5C38 #D98469 #E6AC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CD5C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#CD5C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C38

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C38	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)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.152 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38d70',
    500: '#cd5c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c38;
$custom-light: #e38d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.497,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60971,
    "c": 0.15248,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.20919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C38

secondary

#8FC1D1

accent

#BDE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C38

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

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