#CD494F#CD494F

#CD494F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.167 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD494F
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 52.57, 25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 58.28, 25.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.1557 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.167 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9735, 18.3127, 9.4046)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD494F #49CDC7

analogous

#CD4991 #CD494F #CD8549

triadic

#CD494F #4FCD49 #494FCD

tetradic

#CD494F #91CD49 #49CDC7 #8549CD

square

#CD494F #91CD49 #49CDC7 #8549CD

split-complementary

#CD494F #49CD85 #4991CD

monochromatic

#7A2226 #AA2F34 #CD494F #DA797D #E7A9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#CD494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#CD494F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD494F

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD494F	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	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)

#6B654E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.167 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38280',
    500: '#cd494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd494f;
$custom-light: #e38280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58817,
    "c": 0.16712,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD494F

secondary

#9DD5D2

accent

#E0D948

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD494F

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

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