#CD4A51#CD4A51

#CD4A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.166 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4A51
RGB	rgb(205, 74, 81)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 52.27, 24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 57.62, 24.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.1552 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.166 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1136, 18.4747, 9.8159)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4A51 #4ACDC6

analogous

#CD4A93 #CD4A51 #CD854A

triadic

#CD4A51 #51CD4A #4A51CD

tetradic

#CD4A51 #93CD4A #4ACDC6 #854ACD

square

#CD4A51 #93CD4A #4ACDC6 #854ACD

split-complementary

#CD4A51 #4ACD85 #4A93CD

monochromatic

#7B2227 #AB2F36 #CD4A51 #DA7A7F #E7AAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#CD4A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#CD4A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4A51

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4A51	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D814E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E02F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 74, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.166 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38381',
    500: '#cd4a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4a51;
$custom-light: #e38381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.794,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58974,
    "c": 0.16588,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4A51

secondary

#9ED5D2

accent

#E0D848

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4A51

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

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