#CD4243#CD4243

#CD4243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.176 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4243
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(360, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(360, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 54.73, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 62.74, 29.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1603 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.176 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1411, 17.2849, 7.1636)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4243 #42CDCC

analogous

#CD4289 #CD4243 #CD8642

triadic

#CD4243 #43CD42 #4243CD

tetradic

#CD4243 #89CD42 #42CDCC #8642CD

square

#CD4243 #89CD42 #42CDCC #8642CD

split-complementary

#CD4243 #42CD86 #4289CD

monochromatic

#761F20 #A62C2D #CD4243 #DA7273 #E7A3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#CD4243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#CD4243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4243

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4243	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.176 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47e77',
    500: '#cd4243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4243;
$custom-light: #e47e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.568,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57814,
    "c": 0.17557,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4243

secondary

#97D3D3

accent

#E1E046

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4243

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

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