#CD4536#CD4536

#CD4536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.175 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4536
RGB	rgb(205, 69, 54)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 52.89, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 65.37, 36.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1518 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.175 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9739, 17.5058, 5.3953)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4536 #36BECD

analogous

#CD3672 #CD4536 #CD9036

triadic

#CD4536 #36CD45 #4536CD

tetradic

#CD4536 #72CD36 #36BECD #9036CD

square

#CD4536 #72CD36 #36BECD #9036CD

split-complementary

#CD4536 #36CD90 #3672CD

monochromatic

#6D231B #9E3327 #CD4536 #D97267 #E5A098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#CD4536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#CD4536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4536

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4536	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 69, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.175 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5806e',
    500: '#cd4536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4536;
$custom-light: #e5806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.96,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57964,
    "c": 0.17466,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4536

secondary

#8ECAD1

accent

#D4E344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4536

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

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