#CD4139#CD4139

#CD4139 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.178 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4139
RGB	rgb(205, 65, 57)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 54.63, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 65.49, 33.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.1579 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.178 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8087, 17.0592, 5.6986)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4139 #39C5CD

analogous

#CD397B #CD4139 #CD8B39

triadic

#CD4139 #39CD41 #4139CD

tetradic

#CD4139 #7BCD39 #39C5CD #8B39CD

square

#CD4139 #7BCD39 #39C5CD #8B39CD

split-complementary

#CD4139 #39CD8B #397BCD

monochromatic

#6F211C #A02F28 #CD4139 #D9706A #E69F9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#CD4139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#CD4139 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4139

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4139	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 65, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.178 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57e70',
    500: '#cd4139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4139;
$custom-light: #e57e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.243,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57559,
    "c": 0.1779,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4139

secondary

#90CED2

accent

#DAE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4139

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

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