#CD423D#CD423D

#CD423D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.176 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD423D
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 61)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, 54.42, 34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 64.20, 32.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.1581 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.176 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9704, 17.2166, 6.2643)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD423D #3DC8CD

analogous

#CD3D80 #CD423D #CD8A3D

triadic

#CD423D #3DCD42 #423DCD

tetradic

#CD423D #80CD3D #3DC8CD #8A3DCD

square

#CD423D #80CD3D #3DC8CD #8A3DCD

split-complementary

#CD423D #3DCD8A #3D80CD

monochromatic

#72201D #A32E2A #CD423D #DA716E #E6A19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#CD423D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#CD423D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD423D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD423D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD423D	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)

#69603B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd423d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.176 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47e73',
    500: '#cd423d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd423d;
$custom-light: #e47e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd423d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.083,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57723,
    "c": 0.17636,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD423D

secondary

#93D0D2

accent

#DDE246

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD423D

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

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