#CD6342#CD6342

#CD6342 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.143 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6342
RGB	rgb(205, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 39.57, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 54.91, 43.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.1128 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.143 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6249, 22.2999, 7.8448)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6342 #42ACCD

analogous

#CD4266 #CD6342 #CDA942

triadic

#CD6342 #42CD63 #6342CD

tetradic

#CD6342 #66CD42 #42ACCD #A942CD

square

#CD6342 #66CD42 #42ACCD #A942CD

split-complementary

#CD6342 #42CDA9 #4266CD

monochromatic

#76341F #A6492C #CD6342 #DA8B72 #E7B3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#CD6342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#CD6342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6342

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6342	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F743F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.143 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29277',
    500: '#cd6342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6342;
$custom-light: #e29277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.245,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62133,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6342

secondary

#97C5D3

accent

#BDE146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6342

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

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