#CD5C48#CD5C48

#CD5C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.148 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C48
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 72)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 43.41, 33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 54.66, 37.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.1257 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.148 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1765, 21.1051, 8.6142)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C48 #48B9CD

analogous

#CD4876 #CD5C48 #CD9F48

triadic

#CD5C48 #48CD5C #5C48CD

tetradic

#CD5C48 #76CD48 #48B9CD #9F48CD

square

#CD5C48 #76CD48 #48B9CD #9F48CD

split-complementary

#CD5C48 #48CD9F #4876CD

monochromatic

#792E21 #A9412E #CD5C48 #DA8778 #E7B2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#CD5C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#CD5C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C48

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C48	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.148 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28d7b',
    500: '#cd5c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c48;
$custom-light: #e28d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.023,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61187,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C48

secondary

#9CCCD5

accent

#C9E047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C48

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

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