#CD423C#CD423C

#CD423C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.177 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD423C
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 60)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 54.37, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 64.45, 32.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1577 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.177 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9437, 17.2059, 6.1238)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD423C #3CC7CD

analogous

#CD3C7E #CD423C #CD8B3C

triadic

#CD423C #3CCD42 #423CCD

tetradic

#CD423C #7ECD3C #3CC7CD #8B3CCD

square

#CD423C #7ECD3C #3CC7CD #8B3CCD

split-complementary

#CD423C #3CCD8B #3C7ECD

monochromatic

#71211D #A22F2A #CD423C #D9716D #E6A09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#CD423C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#CD423C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD423C

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD423C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD423C	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd423c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.177 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47e72',
    500: '#cd423c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd423c;
$custom-light: #e47e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd423c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.483,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57709,
    "c": 0.17651,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD423C

secondary

#93D0D2

accent

#DCE245

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD423C

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

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