#CD4A49#CD4A49

#CD4A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.167 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4A49
RGB	rgb(205, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, 51.76, 28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 59.23, 29.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.1521 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.167 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8311, 18.3617, 8.3280)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4A49 #49CCCD

analogous

#CD498A #CD4A49 #CD8C49

triadic

#CD4A49 #49CD4A #4A49CD

tetradic

#CD4A49 #8ACD49 #49CCCD #8C49CD

square

#CD4A49 #8ACD49 #49CCCD #8C49CD

split-complementary

#CD4A49 #49CD8C #498ACD

monochromatic

#7A2222 #AA302F #CD4A49 #DA7A79 #E7A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#CD4A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#CD4A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4A49

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4A49	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.167 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3837c',
    500: '#cd4a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4a49;
$custom-light: #e3837c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.455,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58829,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4A49

secondary

#9DD4D5

accent

#DFE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4A49

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

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