#CD422C#CD422C

#CD422C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.179 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD422C
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 44)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 53.72, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 68.95, 38.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.1525 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.179 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5828, 17.0615, 4.2232)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD422C #2CB7CD

analogous

#CD2C67 #CD422C #CD932C

triadic

#CD422C #2CCD42 #422CCD

tetradic

#CD422C #67CD2C #2CB7CD #932CCD

square

#CD422C #67CD2C #2CB7CD #932CCD

split-complementary

#CD422C #2CCD93 #2C67CD

monochromatic

#682216 #9B3221 #CD422C #DC6C5B #E7998D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#CD422C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#CD422C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD422C

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD422C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD422C	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)

#6A5F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2133E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd422c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.179 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57e67',
    500: '#cd422c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd422c;
$custom-light: #e57e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd422c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.199,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57515,
    "c": 0.1792,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD422C

secondary

#84C6D1

accent

#D1E840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#180A06

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD422C

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

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