#CD4A36#CD4A36

#CD4A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.170 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4A36
RGB	rgb(205, 74, 54)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 50.78, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 64.20, 37.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1452 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.17 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2945, 18.1471, 5.5022)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4A36 #36B9CD

analogous

#CD366D #CD4A36 #CD9536

triadic

#CD4A36 #36CD4A #4A36CD

tetradic

#CD4A36 #6DCD36 #36B9CD #9536CD

square

#CD4A36 #6DCD36 #36B9CD #9536CD

split-complementary

#CD4A36 #36CD95 #366DCD

monochromatic

#6D261B #9E3727 #CD4A36 #D97667 #E5A298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#CD4A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#CD4A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4A36

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4A36	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)

#6F6433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 74, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.170 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4826e',
    500: '#cd4a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4a36;
$custom-light: #e4826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.947,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58552,
    "c": 0.16993,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4A36

secondary

#8EC8D1

accent

#CEE344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4A36

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

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