#CD4B38#CD4B38

#CD4B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.169 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4B38
RGB	rgb(205, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 50.43, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 63.39, 37.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1446 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.169 31)
XYZ	xyz(28.4098, 18.3008, 5.7771)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4B38 #38BACD

analogous

#CD386F #CD4B38 #CD9538

triadic

#CD4B38 #38CD4B #4B38CD

tetradic

#CD4B38 #6FCD38 #38BACD #9538CD

square

#CD4B38 #6FCD38 #38BACD #9538CD

split-complementary

#CD4B38 #38CD95 #386FCD

monochromatic

#6F261C #A03728 #CD4B38 #D97769 #E6A39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#CD4B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#CD4B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4B38

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4B38	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)

#6F6535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12A47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.169 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4836f',
    500: '#cd4b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4b38;
$custom-light: #e4836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.651,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58699,
    "c": 0.16857,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.18297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4B38

secondary

#8FC9D1

accent

#CFE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4B38

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

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