#CD4234#CD4234

#CD4234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.178 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4234
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 52)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 54.02, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 66.63, 35.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.155 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.178 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7480, 17.1276, 5.0930)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4234 #34BFCD

analogous

#CD3473 #CD4234 #CD8E34

triadic

#CD4234 #34CD42 #4234CD

tetradic

#CD4234 #73CD34 #34BFCD #8E34CD

square

#CD4234 #73CD34 #34BFCD #8E34CD

split-complementary

#CD4234 #34CD8E #3473CD

monochromatic

#6C221B #9D3227 #CD4234 #D97065 #E59D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#CD4234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#CD4234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4234

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4234	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.178 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57e6c',
    500: '#cd4234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4234;
$custom-light: #e57e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.49,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57604,
    "c": 0.17779,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4234

secondary

#8CCAD1

accent

#D5E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4234

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

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