#CD4950#CD4950

#CD4950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.167 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4950
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 80)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 52.63, 24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 58.10, 25.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.1561 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.167 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0101, 18.3273, 9.5978)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4950 #49CDC6

analogous

#CD4992 #CD4950 #CD8449

triadic

#CD4950 #50CD49 #4950CD

tetradic

#CD4950 #92CD49 #49CDC6 #8449CD

square

#CD4950 #92CD49 #49CDC6 #8449CD

split-complementary

#CD4950 #49CD84 #4992CD

monochromatic

#7A2226 #AA2F35 #CD4950 #DA797E #E7A9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#CD4950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#CD4950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4950

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4950	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)

#6B654F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.167 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38281',
    500: '#cd4950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4950;
$custom-light: #e38281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.818,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58836,
    "c": 0.16705,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4950

secondary

#9DD5D2

accent

#E0D848

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4950

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

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