#CD5C40#CD5C40

#CD5C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.150 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C40
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 42.95, 37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 57.04, 41.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% 0.1228 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.15 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9323, 21.0074, 7.3281)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C40 #40B1CD

analogous

#CD406A #CD5C40 #CDA240

triadic

#CD5C40 #40CD5C #5C40CD

tetradic

#CD5C40 #6ACD40 #40B1CD #A240CD

square

#CD5C40 #6ACD40 #40B1CD #A240CD

split-complementary

#CD5C40 #40CDA2 #406ACD

monochromatic

#742F1E #A5432B #CD5C40 #DA8571 #E6AFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#CD5C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#CD5C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C40

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C40	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.150 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38d76',
    500: '#cd5c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c40;
$custom-light: #e38d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.915,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61071,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C40

secondary

#96C7D3

accent

#C3E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C40

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

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