#CD493A#CD493A

#CD493A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.170 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD493A
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 58)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 51.39, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 63.29, 35.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1479 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.17 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3261, 18.0537, 5.9953)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD493A #3ABECD

analogous

#CD3A75 #CD493A #CD923A

triadic

#CD493A #3ACD49 #493ACD

tetradic

#CD493A #75CD3A #3ABECD #923ACD

square

#CD493A #75CD3A #3ABECD #923ACD

split-complementary

#CD493A #3ACD92 #3A75CD

monochromatic

#70251C #A13529 #CD493A #D9766B #E6A39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#CD493A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#CD493A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD493A

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD493A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD493A	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)

#6E6438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd493a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.170 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48271',
    500: '#cd493a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd493a;
$custom-light: #e48271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd493a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.122,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58483,
    "c": 0.17011,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD493A

secondary

#91CBD2

accent

#D3E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD493A

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

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