#CD5E40#CD5E40

#CD5E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.148 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E40
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(13, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 41.96, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 56.60, 42.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.1198 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.148 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1078, 21.3585, 7.3866)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E40 #40AFCD

analogous

#CD4068 #CD5E40 #CDA440

triadic

#CD5E40 #40CD5E #5E40CD

tetradic

#CD5E40 #68CD40 #40AFCD #A440CD

square

#CD5E40 #68CD40 #40AFCD #A440CD

split-complementary

#CD5E40 #40CDA4 #4068CD

monochromatic

#74311E #A5452B #CD5E40 #DA8771 #E6B0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CD5E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#CD5E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E40

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E40	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.148 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e76',
    500: '#cd5e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e40;
$custom-light: #e38e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.766,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61361,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E40

secondary

#96C6D3

accent

#C1E246

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E40

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

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