#CD4938#CD4938

#CD4938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.170 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4938
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 51.30, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 63.86, 36.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1473 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.17 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2762, 18.0338, 5.7325)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4938 #38BCCD

analogous

#CD3871 #CD4938 #CD9338

triadic

#CD4938 #38CD49 #4938CD

tetradic

#CD4938 #71CD38 #38BCCD #9338CD

square

#CD4938 #71CD38 #38BCCD #9338CD

split-complementary

#CD4938 #38CD93 #3871CD

monochromatic

#6F251C #A03628 #CD4938 #D97669 #E6A29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#CD4938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#CD4938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4938

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4938	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.170 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4826f',
    500: '#cd4938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4938;
$custom-light: #e4826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.846,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58457,
    "c": 0.17049,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4938

secondary

#8FCAD1

accent

#D1E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4938

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

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