#cd5e42

Color #cd5e42

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Indian Red #cd5c5c · ΔE 15.06 Nearest Tailwind class orange-600 #f54900 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cd5e42

RGB

rgb(205, 94, 66)

HSL

hsl(12.1, 58.2%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12.1, 67.8%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(53.36, 42.07, 36.92)

LCH

lch(53.36, 55.97, 41.27)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.1476, 35.29)

HWB

hwb(12.1, 25.9%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#42b1cd

Analogous

#cd426b

#cd5e42

#cda342

Triadic

#cd5e42

#42cd5e

#5e42cd

Split-complementary

#cd5e42

#42cda3

#426bcd

Tetradic

#cd5e42

#b1cd42

#42b1cd

#5e42cd

Square

#cd5e42

#6bcd42

#42b1cd

#a342cd

Shades

Color #cd5e42 mixed toward black.

#b34a2f

#8f3b26

#6b2c1c

#471d13

#240f09

Tints

Color #cd5e42 mixed toward white.

#d57961

#de9481

#e6aea0

#eec9c0

#f7e4df

Tones

Color #cd5e42 mixed toward gray.

#c1654d

#b66c59

#aa7365

#9f7a70

#93807c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a84a · ΔE 39.7

Deuteranopia

#aeb54c · ΔE 43.8

Tritanopia

#c95051 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cd5e42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd5e42]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Tomato #ff6347

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Salmon #fa8072

Frequently asked questions

#cd5e42 (#cd5e42) is rgb(205, 94, 66) in RGB.

No, #cd5e42 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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