#CD403C#CD403C

#CD403C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.178 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD403C
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 60)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 55.16, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 64.94, 31.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.49% 0.1602 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(57.49% 0.178 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8289, 16.9763, 6.0855)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD403C #3CC9CD

analogous

#CD3C81 #CD403C #CD893C

triadic

#CD403C #3CCD40 #403CCD

tetradic

#CD403C #81CD3C #3CC9CD #893CCD

square

#CD403C #81CD3C #3CC9CD #893CCD

split-complementary

#CD403C #3CCD89 #3C81CD

monochromatic

#711F1D #A22D2A #CD403C #D9706D #E69F9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#CD403C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#CD403C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD403C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD403C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD403C	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd403c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.178 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47d72',
    500: '#cd403c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd403c;
$custom-light: #e47d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd403c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.655,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57493,
    "c": 0.1784,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD403C

secondary

#93D0D2

accent

#DEE245

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD403C

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

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