#CD4948#CD4948

#CD4948 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.168 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4948
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 52.13, 29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 59.73, 29.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.153 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.168 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7320, 18.2161, 8.1327)
Luminance	0.1821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4948 #48CCCD

analogous

#CD488A #CD4948 #CD8C48

triadic

#CD4948 #48CD49 #4948CD

tetradic

#CD4948 #8ACD48 #48CCCD #8C48CD

square

#CD4948 #8ACD48 #48CCCD #8C48CD

split-complementary

#CD4948 #48CD8C #488ACD

monochromatic

#792221 #A92F2E #CD4948 #DA7978 #E7A9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#CD4948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#CD4948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4948

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4948	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.168 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3827b',
    500: '#cd4948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4948;
$custom-light: #e3827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.451,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58693,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4948

secondary

#9CD4D5

accent

#DFE047

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4948

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

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