#CD6242#CD6242

#CD6242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.144 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6242
RGB	rgb(205, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 40.08, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 55.11, 43.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.1143 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.144 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5307, 22.1116, 7.8134)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6242 #42ADCD

analogous

#CD4267 #CD6242 #CDA742

triadic

#CD6242 #42CD62 #6242CD

tetradic

#CD6242 #67CD42 #42ADCD #A742CD

square

#CD6242 #67CD42 #42ADCD #A742CD

split-complementary

#CD6242 #42CDA7 #4267CD

monochromatic

#76331F #A6482C #CD6242 #DA8A72 #E7B2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#CD6242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#CD6242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6242

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6242	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#7E733F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.144 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39177',
    500: '#cd6242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6242;
$custom-light: #e39177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.813,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61982,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6242

secondary

#97C6D3

accent

#BEE146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6242

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

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