#CD6240#CD6240

#CD6240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.144 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6240
RGB	rgb(205, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 39.97, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 55.76, 44.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.1136 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.145 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4728, 22.0884, 7.5083)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6240 #40ABCD

analogous

#CD4065 #CD6240 #CDA840

triadic

#CD6240 #40CD62 #6240CD

tetradic

#CD6240 #65CD40 #40ABCD #A840CD

square

#CD6240 #65CD40 #40ABCD #A840CD

split-complementary

#CD6240 #40CDA8 #4065CD

monochromatic

#74331E #A5482B #CD6240 #DA8A71 #E6B2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#CD6240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#CD6240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6240

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6240	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.144 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39176',
    500: '#cd6240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6240;
$custom-light: #e39176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.468,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61955,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6240

secondary

#96C4D3

accent

#BCE246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6240

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

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