#CD4949#CD4949

#CD4949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.168 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4949
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 52.19, 28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 59.50, 28.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.1534 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.168 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7648, 18.2292, 8.3059)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4949 #49CDCD

analogous

#CD498B #CD4949 #CD8B49

triadic

#CD4949 #49CD49 #4949CD

tetradic

#CD4949 #8BCD49 #49CDCD #8B49CD

square

#CD4949 #8BCD49 #49CDCD #8B49CD

split-complementary

#CD4949 #49CD8B #498BCD

monochromatic

#7A2222 #AA2F2F #CD4949 #DA7979 #E7A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#CD4949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#CD4949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4949

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4949	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)

#6C6548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.168 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3827c',
    500: '#cd4949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4949;
$custom-light: #e3827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5871,
    "c": 0.16772,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4949

secondary

#9DD5D5

accent

#E0E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4949

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

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