#CD494D#CD494D

#CD494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.167 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD494D
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 52.44, 26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 58.67, 26.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.155 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.167 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9018, 18.2840, 9.0270)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD494D #49CDC9

analogous

#CD498F #CD494D #CD8749

triadic

#CD494D #4DCD49 #494DCD

tetradic

#CD494D #8FCD49 #49CDC9 #8749CD

square

#CD494D #8FCD49 #49CDC9 #8749CD

split-complementary

#CD494D #49CD87 #498FCD

monochromatic

#7A2224 #AA2F32 #CD494D #DA797C #E7A9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#CD494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#CD494D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD494D

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD494D	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D814A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.167 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3827e',
    500: '#cd494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd494d;
$custom-light: #e3827e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5878,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD494D

secondary

#9DD5D3

accent

#E0DC48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD494D

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

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