#CD4249#CD4249

#CD4249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.175 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4249
RGB	rgb(205, 66, 73)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 55.07, 27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 61.44, 26.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1625 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.175 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3305, 17.3606, 8.1612)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4249 #42CDC6

analogous

#CD428F #CD4249 #CD8042

triadic

#CD4249 #49CD42 #4249CD

tetradic

#CD4249 #8FCD42 #42CDC6 #8042CD

square

#CD4249 #8FCD42 #42CDC6 #8042CD

split-complementary

#CD4249 #42CD80 #428FCD

monochromatic

#761F23 #A62C32 #CD4249 #DA7278 #E7A3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#CD4249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#CD4249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4249

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4249	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 66, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.175 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47f7b',
    500: '#cd4249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4249;
$custom-light: #e47f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.978,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57915,
    "c": 0.17497,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4249

secondary

#97D3D0

accent

#E1DA46

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFEE

border

#D6CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4249

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

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