#CD5C49#CD5C49

#CD5C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.148 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C49
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 43.47, 32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 54.38, 36.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.1261 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.148 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2094, 21.1182, 8.7874)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C49 #49BACD

analogous

#CD4978 #CD5C49 #CD9E49

triadic

#CD5C49 #49CD5C #5C49CD

tetradic

#CD5C49 #78CD49 #49BACD #9E49CD

square

#CD5C49 #78CD49 #49BACD #9E49CD

split-complementary

#CD5C49 #49CD9E #4978CD

monochromatic

#7A2E22 #AA402F #CD5C49 #DA8779 #E7B2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#CD5C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#CD5C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C49

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C49	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)

#797047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.148 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28d7c',
    500: '#cd5c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c49;
$custom-light: #e28d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61202,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C49

secondary

#9DCDD5

accent

#CAE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C49

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

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