#CD2A17#CD2A17

#CD2A17 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.201 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD2A17
RGB	rgb(205, 42, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 80%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 88.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.22, 61.36, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.22, 79.47, 39.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.1727 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.201 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1628, 14.7012, 2.2705)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD2A17 #17BACD

analogous

#CD175F #CD2A17 #CD8517

triadic

#CD2A17 #17CD2A #2A17CD

tetradic

#CD2A17 #5FCD17 #17BACD #8517CD

square

#CD2A17 #5FCD17 #17BACD #8517CD

split-complementary

#CD2A17 #17CD85 #175FCD

monochromatic

#5F130B #961F11 #CD2A17 #E94B38 #EF7D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#CD2A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#CD2A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD2A17

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD2A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD2A17	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877807

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E20028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd2a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 42, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.201 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e77359',
    500: '#cd2a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd2a17;
$custom-light: #e77359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd2a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.264,
    "s": 79.825,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55139,
    "c": 0.20076,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD2A17

secondary

#6BCAD5

accent

#E2F632

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEDE9

border

#D7C8C5

text

#180904

muted

#867B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD2A17

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

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