#CD4240#CD4240

#CD4240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.176 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4240
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 54.57, 32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 63.45, 30.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1592 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.176 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0535, 17.2498, 6.7018)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4240 #40CBCD

analogous

#CD4084 #CD4240 #CD8840

triadic

#CD4240 #40CD42 #4240CD

tetradic

#CD4240 #84CD40 #40CBCD #8840CD

square

#CD4240 #84CD40 #40CBCD #8840CD

split-complementary

#CD4240 #40CD88 #4084CD

monochromatic

#74201E #A52D2B #CD4240 #DA7271 #E6A2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#CD4240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#CD4240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4240

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4240	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68603F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.176 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47e75',
    500: '#cd4240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4240;
$custom-light: #e47e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.851,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57767,
    "c": 0.17594,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4240

secondary

#96D2D3

accent

#E0E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4240

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

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