#CD4142#CD4142

#CD4142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.177 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4142
RGB	rgb(205, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(360, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(360, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 55.07, 31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 63.23, 29.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1611 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.177 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0535, 17.1571, 6.9877)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4142 #41CDCC

analogous

#CD4188 #CD4142 #CD8641

triadic

#CD4142 #42CD41 #4142CD

tetradic

#CD4142 #88CD41 #41CDCC #8641CD

square

#CD4142 #88CD41 #41CDCC #8641CD

split-complementary

#CD4142 #41CD86 #4188CD

monochromatic

#751F1F #A52C2C #CD4142 #DA7172 #E6A2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#CD4142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#CD4142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4142

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4142	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)

#686041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.177 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47e76',
    500: '#cd4142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4142;
$custom-light: #e47e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.571,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5769,
    "c": 0.17667,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4142

secondary

#97D3D3

accent

#E2E046

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4142

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

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