#CD4A45#CD4A45

#CD4A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.167 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4A45
RGB	rgb(205, 74, 69)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 51.53, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 60.15, 31.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1506 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.167 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7027, 18.3103, 7.6519)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4A45 #45C8CD

analogous

#CD4584 #CD4A45 #CD8E45

triadic

#CD4A45 #45CD4A #4A45CD

tetradic

#CD4A45 #84CD45 #45C8CD #8E45CD

square

#CD4A45 #84CD45 #45C8CD #8E45CD

split-complementary

#CD4A45 #45CD8E #4584CD

monochromatic

#772320 #A8322D #CD4A45 #DA7975 #E7A8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#CD4A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#CD4A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4A45

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4A45	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 74, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.167 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38379',
    500: '#cd4a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4a45;
$custom-light: #e38379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.206,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58763,
    "c": 0.16723,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4A45

secondary

#9AD2D4

accent

#DBE147

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4A45

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

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