#CD4A40#CD4A40

#CD4A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.168 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4A40
RGB	rgb(205, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 51.26, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 61.41, 33.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1487 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.168 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5540, 18.2509, 6.8687)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4A40 #40C3CD

analogous

#CD407D #CD4A40 #CD9040

triadic

#CD4A40 #40CD4A #4A40CD

tetradic

#CD4A40 #7DCD40 #40C3CD #9040CD

square

#CD4A40 #7DCD40 #40C3CD #9040CD

split-complementary

#CD4A40 #40CD90 #407DCD

monochromatic

#74241E #A5342B #CD4A40 #DA7871 #E6A6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#CD4A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#CD4A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4A40

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4A40	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.168 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48375',
    500: '#cd4a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4a40;
$custom-light: #e48375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.255,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58686,
    "c": 0.16804,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4A40

secondary

#96CFD3

accent

#D7E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4A40

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

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