#CD4A35#CD4A35

#CD4A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.170 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4A35
RGB	rgb(205, 74, 53)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 50.73, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 64.50, 38.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.1449 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.17 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2713, 18.1378, 5.3797)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4A35 #35B8CD

analogous

#CD356C #CD4A35 #CD9635

triadic

#CD4A35 #35CD4A #4A35CD

tetradic

#CD4A35 #6CCD35 #35B8CD #9635CD

square

#CD4A35 #6CCD35 #35B8CD #9635CD

split-complementary

#CD4A35 #35CD96 #356CCD

monochromatic

#6D261B #9E3727 #CD4A35 #D97666 #E5A297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#CD4A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#CD4A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4A35

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4A35	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 74, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.170 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4826d',
    500: '#cd4a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4a35;
$custom-light: #e4826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.289,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5854,
    "c": 0.17014,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4A35

secondary

#8DC7D1

accent

#CDE344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4A35

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

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