#CD5F42#CD5F42

#CD5F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.147 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5F42
RGB	rgb(205, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 41.58, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 55.75, 41.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.119 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.147 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2552, 21.5607, 7.7216)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5F42 #42B0CD

analogous

#CD426A #CD5F42 #CDA442

triadic

#CD5F42 #42CD5F #5F42CD

tetradic

#CD5F42 #6ACD42 #42B0CD #A442CD

square

#CD5F42 #6ACD42 #42B0CD #A442CD

split-complementary

#CD5F42 #42CDA4 #426ACD

monochromatic

#76311F #A6452C #CD5F42 #DA8872 #E7B1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#CD5F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#CD5F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5F42

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5F42	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.147 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38f77',
    500: '#cd5f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5f42;
$custom-light: #e38f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.518,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61535,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5F42

secondary

#97C7D3

accent

#C1E146

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5F42

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

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