#CD4936#CD4936

#CD4936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.171 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4936
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 51.21, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 64.44, 37.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1466 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.171 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2283, 18.0146, 5.4801)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4936 #36BACD

analogous

#CD366E #CD4936 #CD9536

triadic

#CD4936 #36CD49 #4936CD

tetradic

#CD4936 #6ECD36 #36BACD #9536CD

square

#CD4936 #6ECD36 #36BACD #9536CD

split-complementary

#CD4936 #36CD95 #366ECD

monochromatic

#6D261B #9E3627 #CD4936 #D97567 #E5A298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#CD4936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#CD4936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4936

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4936	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#6E6333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.171 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4826e',
    500: '#cd4936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4936;
$custom-light: #e4826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.55,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58432,
    "c": 0.17088,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4936

secondary

#8EC8D1

accent

#CFE344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4936

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

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