#CD4A38#CD4A38

#CD4A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.170 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4A38
RGB	rgb(205, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 50.87, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 63.62, 36.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.1459 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.17 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3425, 18.1662, 5.7546)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4A38 #38BBCD

analogous

#CD3870 #CD4A38 #CD9438

triadic

#CD4A38 #38CD4A #4A38CD

tetradic

#CD4A38 #70CD38 #38BBCD #9438CD

square

#CD4A38 #70CD38 #38BBCD #9438CD

split-complementary

#CD4A38 #38CD94 #3870CD

monochromatic

#6F261C #A03728 #CD4A38 #D97669 #E6A39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#CD4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#CD4A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4A38

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4A38	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	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)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.170 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4826f',
    500: '#cd4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4a38;
$custom-light: #e4826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.248,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58577,
    "c": 0.16953,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4A38

secondary

#8FC9D1

accent

#D0E345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4A38

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

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