#CD4039#CD4039

#CD4039 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.179 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4039
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 57)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 55.02, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 65.72, 33.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1591 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.179 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7518, 16.9454, 5.6796)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4039 #39C6CD

analogous

#CD397C #CD4039 #CD8A39

triadic

#CD4039 #39CD40 #4039CD

tetradic

#CD4039 #7CCD39 #39C6CD #8A39CD

square

#CD4039 #7CCD39 #39C6CD #8A39CD

split-complementary

#CD4039 #39CD8A #397CCD

monochromatic

#6F201C #A02E28 #CD4039 #D96F6A #E69E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#CD4039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#CD4039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4039

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4039	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.179 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57d70',
    500: '#cd4039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4039;
$custom-light: #e57d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.838,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57451,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4039

secondary

#90CED2

accent

#DBE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4039

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

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