#CF5542#CF5542

#CF5542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.159 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF5542
RGB	rgb(207, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 47.13, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 58.95, 36.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.136 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.159 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9670, 20.1597, 7.4664)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF5542 #42BCCF

analogous

#CF4275 #CF5542 #CF9B42

triadic

#CF5542 #42CF55 #5542CF

tetradic

#CF5542 #75CF42 #42BCCF #9B42CF

square

#CF5542 #75CF42 #42BCCF #9B42CF

split-complementary

#CF5542 #42CF9B #4275CF

monochromatic

#782B1F #A93C2B #CF5542 #DB8173 #E8ADA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#CF5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CF5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CF5542

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF5542	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E33B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.159 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e58977',
    500: '#cf5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf5542;
$custom-light: #e58977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.085,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6043,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF5542

secondary

#98CCD5

accent

#CDE345

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF5542

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

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