#CD4959#CD4959

#CD4959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.167 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4959
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(353, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.06, 53.27, 19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.06, 56.71, 20.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1596 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.167 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3652, 18.4694, 11.4679)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4959 #49CDBD

analogous

#CD499B #CD4959 #CD7B49

triadic

#CD4959 #59CD49 #4959CD

tetradic

#CD4959 #9BCD49 #49CDBD #7B49CD

square

#CD4959 #9BCD49 #49CDBD #7B49CD

split-complementary

#CD4959 #49CD7B #499BCD

monochromatic

#7A222C #AA2F3E #CD4959 #DA7985 #E7A9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#CD4959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#CD4959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4959

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4959	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.167 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28387',
    500: '#cd4959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4959;
$custom-light: #e28387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59018,
    "c": 0.16672,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4959

secondary

#9DD5CE

accent

#E0CE48

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFEF

border

#D5CACA

text

#170B0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4959

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

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