#CD4140#CD4140

#CD4140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.177 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4140
RGB	rgb(205, 65, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.43, 54.97, 32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.43, 63.70, 30.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1604 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.177 25)
XYZ	xyz(27.9955, 17.1340, 6.6825)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4140 #40CCCD

analogous

#CD4085 #CD4140 #CD8840

triadic

#CD4140 #40CD41 #4140CD

tetradic

#CD4140 #85CD40 #40CCCD #8840CD

square

#CD4140 #85CD40 #40CCCD #8840CD

split-complementary

#CD4140 #40CD88 #4085CD

monochromatic

#741F1E #A52C2B #CD4140 #DA7171 #E6A1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CD4140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CD4140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4140

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4140	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 65, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.177 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47e75',
    500: '#cd4140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4140;
$custom-light: #e47e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.426,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57659,
    "c": 0.17691,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.1713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4140

secondary

#96D3D3

accent

#E1E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4140

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

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