#CD5C45#CD5C45

#CD5C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.149 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C45
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 69)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(10, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 43.23, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 55.53, 38.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1246 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.149 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0810, 21.0669, 8.1113)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C45 #45B6CD

analogous

#CD4572 #CD5C45 #CDA045

triadic

#CD5C45 #45CD5C #5C45CD

tetradic

#CD5C45 #72CD45 #45B6CD #A045CD

square

#CD5C45 #72CD45 #45B6CD #A045CD

split-complementary

#CD5C45 #45CDA0 #4572CD

monochromatic

#772F20 #A8422D #CD5C45 #DA8675 #E7B1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#CD5C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#CD5C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C45

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C45	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)

#7A6F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.149 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38d79',
    500: '#cd5c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c45;
$custom-light: #e38d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.147,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61142,
    "c": 0.14874,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C45

secondary

#9ACAD4

accent

#C7E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C45

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

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