#CD402C#CD402C

#CD402C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.181 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD402C
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 44)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 54.51, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 69.38, 38.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.1549 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.181 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4680, 16.8319, 4.1849)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD402C #2CB9CD

analogous

#CD2C69 #CD402C #CD912C

triadic

#CD402C #2CCD40 #402CCD

tetradic

#CD402C #69CD2C #2CB9CD #912CCD

square

#CD402C #69CD2C #2CB9CD #912CCD

split-complementary

#CD402C #2CCD91 #2C69CD

monochromatic

#682116 #9B3021 #CD402C #DC6B5B #E7988D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#CD402C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#CD402C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD402C

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD402C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD402C	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E20C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd402c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.181 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57d67',
    500: '#cd402c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd402c;
$custom-light: #e57d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd402c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.453,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57298,
    "c": 0.18096,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD402C

secondary

#84C7D1

accent

#D3E840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#180A06

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD402C

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

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