#CD5D40#CD5D40

#CD5D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.149 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5D40
RGB	rgb(205, 93, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, 42.45, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 56.82, 41.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.1213 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.149 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0195, 21.1818, 7.3572)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5D40 #40B0CD

analogous

#CD406A #CD5D40 #CDA340

triadic

#CD5D40 #40CD5D #5D40CD

tetradic

#CD5D40 #6ACD40 #40B0CD #A340CD

square

#CD5D40 #6ACD40 #40B0CD #A340CD

split-complementary

#CD5D40 #40CDA3 #406ACD

monochromatic

#74301E #A5442B #CD5D40 #DA8671 #E6AFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#CD5D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#CD5D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5D40

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5D40	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 93, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.149 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e76',
    500: '#cd5d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5d40;
$custom-light: #e38e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.34,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61216,
    "c": 0.14917,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5D40

secondary

#96C6D3

accent

#C2E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5D40

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

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