#CD494B#CD494B

#CD494B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.168 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD494B
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 52.31, 27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 59.07, 27.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1542 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.168 23)
XYZ	xyz(28.8322, 18.2562, 8.6608)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD494B #49CDCB

analogous

#CD498D #CD494B #CD8949

triadic

#CD494B #4BCD49 #494BCD

tetradic

#CD494B #8DCD49 #49CDCB #8949CD

square

#CD494B #8DCD49 #49CDCB #8949CD

split-complementary

#CD494B #49CD89 #498DCD

monochromatic

#7A2223 #AA2F31 #CD494B #DA797A #E7A9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#CD494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#CD494B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD494B

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD494B	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C654A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.168 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3827d',
    500: '#cd494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd494b;
$custom-light: #e3827d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58745,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.18252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD494B

secondary

#9DD5D4

accent

#E0DE48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD494B

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

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