#CD6042#CD6042

#CD6042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.146 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6042
RGB	rgb(205, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 41.08, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 55.53, 42.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1174 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.146 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3459, 21.7420, 7.7518)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6042 #42AFCD

analogous

#CD4269 #CD6042 #CDA642

triadic

#CD6042 #42CD60 #6042CD

tetradic

#CD6042 #69CD42 #42AFCD #A642CD

square

#CD6042 #69CD42 #42AFCD #A642CD

split-complementary

#CD6042 #42CDA6 #4269CD

monochromatic

#76321F #A6462C #CD6042 #DA8972 #E7B1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#CD6042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#CD6042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6042

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6042	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.146 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39077',
    500: '#cd6042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6042;
$custom-light: #e39077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.95,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61683,
    "c": 0.14572,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6042

secondary

#97C6D3

accent

#C0E146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6042

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

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