#CD442C#CD442C

#CD442C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.177 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD442C
RGB	rgb(205, 68, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 52.91, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 68.51, 39.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.15 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.177 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7017, 17.2993, 4.2628)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD442C #2CB5CD

analogous

#CD2C65 #CD442C #CD952C

triadic

#CD442C #2CCD44 #442CCD

tetradic

#CD442C #65CD2C #2CB5CD #952CCD

square

#CD442C #65CD2C #2CB5CD #952CCD

split-complementary

#CD442C #2CCD95 #2C65CD

monochromatic

#682316 #9B3321 #CD442C #DC6E5B #E79A8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#CD442C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#CD442C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD442C

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD442C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD442C	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)

#6C6028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E21940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd442c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 68, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.177 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57f67',
    500: '#cd442c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd442c;
$custom-light: #e57f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd442c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.944,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57739,
    "c": 0.17742,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD442C

secondary

#84C5D1

accent

#CFE840

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#180B06

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD442C

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

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