#CD4245#CD4245

#CD4245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.175 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4245
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 69)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 54.84, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 62.28, 28.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.161 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.175 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2022, 17.3093, 7.4851)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4245 #42CDCA

analogous

#CD428A #CD4245 #CD8442

triadic

#CD4245 #45CD42 #4245CD

tetradic

#CD4245 #8ACD42 #42CDCA #8442CD

square

#CD4245 #8ACD42 #42CDCA #8442CD

split-complementary

#CD4245 #42CD84 #428ACD

monochromatic

#761F21 #A62C2F #CD4245 #DA7275 #E7A3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#CD4245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#CD4245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4245

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4245	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)

#686144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.175 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47e78',
    500: '#cd4245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4245;
$custom-light: #e47e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.705,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57847,
    "c": 0.17535,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4245

secondary

#97D3D2

accent

#E1DE46

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4245

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

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