#CF5540#CF5540

#CF5540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.159 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF5540
RGB	rgb(207, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 47.02, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 59.52, 37.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.1353 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.159 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9090, 20.1365, 7.1613)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF5540 #40BACF

analogous

#CF4072 #CF5540 #CF9C40

triadic

#CF5540 #40CF55 #5540CF

tetradic

#CF5540 #72CF40 #40BACF #9C40CF

square

#CF5540 #72CF40 #40BACF #9C40CF

split-complementary

#CF5540 #40CF9C #4072CF

monochromatic

#772B1E #A83D2A #CF5540 #DB8171 #E8ACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#CF5540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CF5540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CF5540

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF5540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF5540	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E33B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf5540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.159 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e58975',
    500: '#cf5540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf5540;
$custom-light: #e58975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf5540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.811,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60402,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF5540

secondary

#97CBD4

accent

#CCE345

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF5540

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

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