#CD6040#CD6040

#CD6040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.146 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6040
RGB	rgb(205, 96, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 40.97, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 56.17, 43.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.1167 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.146 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2880, 21.7188, 7.4467)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6040 #40ADCD

analogous

#CD4066 #CD6040 #CDA640

triadic

#CD6040 #40CD60 #6040CD

tetradic

#CD6040 #66CD40 #40ADCD #A640CD

square

#CD6040 #66CD40 #40ADCD #A640CD

split-complementary

#CD6040 #40CDA6 #4066CD

monochromatic

#74321E #A5472B #CD6040 #DA8871 #E6B1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#CD6040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#CD6040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6040

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6040	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 96, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.146 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39076',
    500: '#cd6040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6040;
$custom-light: #e39076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.617,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61656,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6040

secondary

#96C5D3

accent

#BEE246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6040

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

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