#CD4B42#CD4B42

#CD4B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.167 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4B42
RGB	rgb(205, 75, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, 50.93, 32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 60.64, 32.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.1481 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.167 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6792, 18.4086, 7.1962)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4B42 #42C4CD

analogous

#CD427E #CD4B42 #CD9042

triadic

#CD4B42 #42CD4B #4B42CD

tetradic

#CD4B42 #7ECD42 #42C4CD #9042CD

square

#CD4B42 #7ECD42 #42C4CD #9042CD

split-complementary

#CD4B42 #42CD90 #427ECD

monochromatic

#76251F #A6342C #CD4B42 #DA7972 #E7A7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#CD4B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CD4B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4B42

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4B42	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 75, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.167 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48376',
    500: '#cd4b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4b42;
$custom-light: #e48376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.885,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58837,
    "c": 0.16668,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4B42

secondary

#97CFD3

accent

#D7E146

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4B42

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

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