#CD423E#CD423E

#CD423E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.176 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD423E
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 62)
HSL	hsl(2, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 54.47, 33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 63.94, 31.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1584 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.176 26)
XYZ	xyz(27.9976, 17.2274, 6.4075)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD423E #3EC9CD

analogous

#CD3E82 #CD423E #CD893E

triadic

#CD423E #3ECD42 #423ECD

tetradic

#CD423E #82CD3E #3EC9CD #893ECD

square

#CD423E #82CD3E #3EC9CD #893ECD

split-complementary

#CD423E #3ECD89 #3E82CD

monochromatic

#73201E #A32E2A #CD423E #DA726F #E6A19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#CD423E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#CD423E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD423E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD423E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD423E	1.00	4.72	4.44	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd423e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.176 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47e73',
    500: '#cd423e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd423e;
$custom-light: #e47e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd423e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.678,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57738,
    "c": 0.17622,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.17223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD423E

secondary

#94D1D3

accent

#DEE246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD423E

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

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