#CD4956#CD4956

#CD4956 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.167 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4956
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 86)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 53.05, 21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 57.12, 21.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1585 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.167 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2418, 18.4200, 10.8179)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4956 #49CDC0

analogous

#CD4998 #CD4956 #CD7E49

triadic

#CD4956 #56CD49 #4956CD

tetradic

#CD4956 #98CD49 #49CDC0 #7E49CD

square

#CD4956 #98CD49 #49CDC0 #7E49CD

split-complementary

#CD4956 #49CD7E #4998CD

monochromatic

#7A222A #AA2F3B #CD4956 #DA7983 #E7A9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#CD4956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CD4956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4956

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4956	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.167 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38285',
    500: '#cd4956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4956;
$custom-light: #e38285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58955,
    "c": 0.16675,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4956

secondary

#9DD5CF

accent

#E0D148

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#170B0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4956

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

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