#CD4538#CD4538

#CD4538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.174 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4538
RGB	rgb(205, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 52.97, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 64.81, 35.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.1525 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.174 29)
XYZ	xyz(28.0218, 17.5250, 5.6477)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4538 #38C0CD

analogous

#CD3875 #CD4538 #CD8F38

triadic

#CD4538 #38CD45 #4538CD

tetradic

#CD4538 #75CD38 #38C0CD #8F38CD

square

#CD4538 #75CD38 #38C0CD #8F38CD

split-complementary

#CD4538 #38CD8F #3875CD

monochromatic

#6F231C #A03328 #CD4538 #D97369 #E6A09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#CD4538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#CD4538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD4538

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD4538	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E11F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.174 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4806f',
    500: '#cd4538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4538;
$custom-light: #e4806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.235,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5799,
    "c": 0.17431,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.17521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4538

secondary

#8FCCD1

accent

#D5E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4538

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

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