#CD494E#CD494E

#CD494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.167 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD494E
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 52.50, 25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 58.47, 26.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.1553 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.167 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9373, 18.2982, 9.2144)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD494E #49CDC8

analogous

#CD4990 #CD494E #CD8649

triadic

#CD494E #4ECD49 #494ECD

tetradic

#CD494E #90CD49 #49CDC8 #8649CD

square

#CD494E #90CD49 #49CDC8 #8649CD

split-complementary

#CD494E #49CD86 #4990CD

monochromatic

#7A2225 #AA2F33 #CD494E #DA797D #E7A9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#CD494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#CD494E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD494E

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD494E	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)

#6B654D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.167 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3827f',
    500: '#cd494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd494e;
$custom-light: #e3827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58799,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD494E

secondary

#9DD5D3

accent

#E0DA48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD494E

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

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