#CD4840#CD4840

#CD4840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.170 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4840
RGB	rgb(205, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 52.11, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 61.92, 32.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.1514 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.17 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4226, 17.9880, 6.8249)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4840 #40C5CD

analogous

#CD407F #CD4840 #CD8E40

triadic

#CD4840 #40CD48 #4840CD

tetradic

#CD4840 #7FCD40 #40C5CD #8E40CD

square

#CD4840 #7FCD40 #40C5CD #8E40CD

split-complementary

#CD4840 #40CD8E #407FCD

monochromatic

#74231E #A5322B #CD4840 #DA7671 #E6A5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#CD4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#CD4840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4840

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4840	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.170 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48275',
    500: '#cd4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4840;
$custom-light: #e48275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.404,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58448,
    "c": 0.17003,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4840

secondary

#96CFD3

accent

#D9E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4840

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

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