#CD5C42#CD5C42

#CD5C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.150 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C42
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 43.05, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 56.42, 40.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1235 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.15 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9902, 21.0306, 7.6332)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C42 #42B3CD

analogous

#CD426D #CD5C42 #CDA142

triadic

#CD5C42 #42CD5C #5C42CD

tetradic

#CD5C42 #6DCD42 #42B3CD #A142CD

square

#CD5C42 #6DCD42 #42B3CD #A142CD

split-complementary

#CD5C42 #42CDA1 #426DCD

monochromatic

#762F1F #A6432C #CD5C42 #DA8672 #E7AFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#CD5C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#CD5C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C42

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C42	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.150 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38d77',
    500: '#cd5c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c42;
$custom-light: #e38d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.223,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61099,
    "c": 0.14957,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C42

secondary

#97C8D3

accent

#C4E146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C42

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

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