#CD442F#CD442F

#CD442F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.177 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD442F
RGB	rgb(205, 68, 47)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 77.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 53.02, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 67.62, 38.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1509 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.177 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7602, 17.3227, 4.5707)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD442F #2FB8CD

analogous

#CD2F69 #CD442F #CD932F

triadic

#CD442F #2FCD44 #442FCD

tetradic

#CD442F #69CD2F #2FB8CD #932FCD

square

#CD442F #69CD2F #2FB8CD #932FCD

split-complementary

#CD442F #2FCD93 #2F69CD

monochromatic

#692318 #9B3324 #CD442F #DA6F5F #E69C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#CD442F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#CD442F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD442F

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD442F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD442F	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B602C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E21A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd442f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 68, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.177 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57f69',
    500: '#cd442f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd442f;
$custom-light: #e57f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd442f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.975,
    "s": 62.698,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5777,
    "c": 0.17686,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD442F

secondary

#87C7D0

accent

#D0E642

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD442F

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

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