#CD4040#CD4040

#CD4040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.178 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4040
RGB	rgb(205, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 55.36, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 63.95, 30.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1616 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.178 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9386, 17.0202, 6.6636)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4040 #40CDCD

analogous

#CD4086 #CD4040 #CD8640

triadic

#CD4040 #40CD40 #4040CD

tetradic

#CD4040 #86CD40 #40CDCD #8640CD

square

#CD4040 #86CD40 #40CDCD #8640CD

split-complementary

#CD4040 #40CD86 #4086CD

monochromatic

#741E1E #A52B2B #CD4040 #DA7171 #E6A1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#CD4040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#CD4040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4040

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4040	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.178 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47d75',
    500: '#cd4040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4040;
$custom-light: #e47d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57552,
    "c": 0.17788,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4040

secondary

#96D3D3

accent

#E2E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4040

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

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