#CD2E49#CD2E49

#CD2E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.194 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD2E49
RGB	rgb(205, 46, 73)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(350, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 62.02, 24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 66.52, 21.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.1848 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.194 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3594, 15.4183, 7.8375)
Luminance	0.1541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD2E49 #2ECDB2

analogous

#CD2E99 #CD2E49 #CD622E

triadic

#CD2E49 #49CD2E #2E49CD

tetradic

#CD2E49 #99CD2E #2ECDB2 #622ECD

square

#CD2E49 #99CD2E #2ECDB2 #622ECD

split-complementary

#CD2E49 #2ECD62 #2E99CD

monochromatic

#691825 #9B2337 #CD2E49 #DB5D73 #E68F9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#CD2E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#CD2E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD2E49

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD2E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD2E49	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd2e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 46, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.194 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4757b',
    500: '#cd2e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd2e49;
$custom-light: #e4757b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd2e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.811,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56048,
    "c": 0.19351,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD2E49

secondary

#86D0C4

accent

#E6CA41

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170909

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD2E49

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

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