#CD495C#CD495C

#CD495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.167 H 15.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD495C
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(351, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(351, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 55.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 53.50, 17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 56.36, 18.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.1608 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.167 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4938, 18.5208, 12.1449)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD495C #49CDBA

analogous

#CD499E #CD495C #CD7849

triadic

#CD495C #5CCD49 #495CCD

tetradic

#CD495C #9ECD49 #49CDBA #7849CD

square

#CD495C #9ECD49 #49CDBA #7849CD

split-complementary

#CD495C #49CD78 #499ECD

monochromatic

#7A222E #AA2F40 #CD495C #DA7987 #E7A9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#CD495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#CD495C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD495C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD495C	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.167 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2838a',
    500: '#cd495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd495c;
$custom-light: #e2838a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59084,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD495C

secondary

#9DD5CD

accent

#E0CA48

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#170B0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD495C

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

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