#CD5C39#CD5C39

#CD5C39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.152 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C39
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 42.59, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 59.27, 44.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% 0.1204 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.152 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7454, 20.9327, 6.3441)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C39 #39AACD

analogous

#CD3960 #CD5C39 #CDA639

triadic

#CD5C39 #39CD5C #5C39CD

tetradic

#CD5C39 #60CD39 #39AACD #A639CD

square

#CD5C39 #60CD39 #39AACD #A639CD

split-complementary

#CD5C39 #39CDA6 #3960CD

monochromatic

#6F301C #A04528 #CD5C39 #D9846A #E6AC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#CD5C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#CD5C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C39

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C39	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.152 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38d71',
    500: '#cd5c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c39;
$custom-light: #e38d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.189,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60983,
    "c": 0.15217,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C39

secondary

#90C2D2

accent

#BEE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C39

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

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