#CF5538#CF5538

#CF5538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.161 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF5538
RGB	rgb(207, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, 46.63, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 61.93, 41.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.1325 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.161 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6975, 20.0519, 6.0472)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF5538 #38B2CF

analogous

#CF3867 #CF5538 #CFA138

triadic

#CF5538 #38CF55 #5538CF

tetradic

#CF5538 #67CF38 #38B2CF #A138CF

square

#CF5538 #67CF38 #38B2CF #A138CF

split-complementary

#CF5538 #38CFA1 #3867CF

monochromatic

#712C1B #A33F27 #CF5538 #DB7F69 #E7A99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#CF5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#CF5538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CF5538

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF5538	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.161 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e58970',
    500: '#cf5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf5538;
$custom-light: #e58970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.523,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60299,
    "c": 0.16117,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF5538

secondary

#90C6D3

accent

#C5E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF5538

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

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