#CD4C38#CD4C38

#CD4C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.168 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4C38
RGB	rgb(205, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 50.00, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 63.15, 37.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.1432 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.168 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4781, 18.4375, 5.7998)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4C38 #38B9CD

analogous

#CD386E #CD4C38 #CD9638

triadic

#CD4C38 #38CD4C #4C38CD

tetradic

#CD4C38 #6ECD38 #38B9CD #9638CD

square

#CD4C38 #6ECD38 #38B9CD #9638CD

split-complementary

#CD4C38 #38CD96 #386ECD

monochromatic

#6F271C #A03828 #CD4C38 #D97869 #E6A49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#CD4C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#CD4C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4C38

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4C38	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	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)

#706535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12C48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.168 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4846f',
    500: '#cd4c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4c38;
$custom-light: #e4846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.054,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58822,
    "c": 0.16761,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4C38

secondary

#8FC8D1

accent

#CEE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4C38

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

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