#CD5E45#CD5E45

#CD5E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.147 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E45
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 69)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 42.24, 35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 55.06, 39.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.1216 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.147 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2565, 21.4180, 8.1698)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E45 #45B4CD

analogous

#CD4570 #CD5E45 #CDA245

triadic

#CD5E45 #45CD5E #5E45CD

tetradic

#CD5E45 #70CD45 #45B4CD #A245CD

square

#CD5E45 #70CD45 #45B4CD #A245CD

split-complementary

#CD5E45 #45CDA2 #4570CD

monochromatic

#773020 #A8442D #CD5E45 #DA8875 #E7B1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#CD5E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#CD5E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E45

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E45	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)

#7B7142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.147 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e79',
    500: '#cd5e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e45;
$custom-light: #e38e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.029,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61431,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E45

secondary

#9AC9D4

accent

#C5E147

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E45

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

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