#CD5E42#CD5E42

#CD5E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.148 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E42
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 42.07, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 55.97, 41.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.1205 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.148 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1657, 21.3817, 7.6918)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E42 #42B1CD

analogous

#CD426B #CD5E42 #CDA342

triadic

#CD5E42 #42CD5E #5E42CD

tetradic

#CD5E42 #6BCD42 #42B1CD #A342CD

square

#CD5E42 #6BCD42 #42B1CD #A342CD

split-complementary

#CD5E42 #42CDA3 #426BCD

monochromatic

#76301F #A6442C #CD5E42 #DA8772 #E7B0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CD5E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CD5E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E42

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E42	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.148 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e77',
    500: '#cd5e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e42;
$custom-light: #e38e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.086,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61388,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E42

secondary

#97C7D3

accent

#C2E146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E42

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

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