#CD4438#CD4438

#CD4438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.175 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4438
RGB	rgb(205, 68, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 53.38, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 65.05, 34.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1538 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.175 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9608, 17.4030, 5.6274)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4438 #38C1CD

analogous

#CD3876 #CD4438 #CD8E38

triadic

#CD4438 #38CD44 #4438CD

tetradic

#CD4438 #76CD38 #38C1CD #8E38CD

square

#CD4438 #76CD38 #38C1CD #8E38CD

split-complementary

#CD4438 #38CD8E #3876CD

monochromatic

#6F231C #A03228 #CD4438 #D97269 #E6A09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#CD4438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#CD4438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4438

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4438	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 68, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.175 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47f6f',
    500: '#cd4438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4438;
$custom-light: #e47f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.832,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57876,
    "c": 0.17525,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4438

secondary

#8FCCD1

accent

#D6E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4438

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

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