#CD495E#CD495E

#CD495E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.167 H 14.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD495E
RGB	rgb(205, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 53.66, 16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 56.16, 17.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1616 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.167 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5823, 18.5562, 12.6114)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD495E #49CDB8

analogous

#CD49A0 #CD495E #CD7649

triadic

#CD495E #5ECD49 #495ECD

tetradic

#CD495E #A0CD49 #49CDB8 #7649CD

square

#CD495E #A0CD49 #49CDB8 #7649CD

split-complementary

#CD495E #49CD76 #49A0CD

monochromatic

#7A2230 #AA2F42 #CD495E #DA7988 #E7A9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#CD495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#CD495E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD495E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD495E	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF3151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.167 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2838b',
    500: '#cd495e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd495e;
$custom-light: #e2838b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.455,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59129,
    "c": 0.16684,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD495E

secondary

#9DD5CC

accent

#E0C848

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDEFF0

border

#D5CACB

text

#170B0C

muted

#857C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD495E

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

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