#CD4C40#CD4C40

#CD4C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.166 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4C40
RGB	rgb(205, 76, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 50.39, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 60.91, 34.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.146 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.166 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6896, 18.5222, 6.9139)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4C40 #40C1CD

analogous

#CD407B #CD4C40 #CD9240

triadic

#CD4C40 #40CD4C #4C40CD

tetradic

#CD4C40 #7BCD40 #40C1CD #9240CD

square

#CD4C40 #7BCD40 #40C1CD #9240CD

split-complementary

#CD4C40 #40CD92 #407BCD

monochromatic

#74261E #A5352B #CD4C40 #DA7971 #E6A7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#CD4C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#CD4C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4C40

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4C40	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 76, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.166 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48475',
    500: '#cd4c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4c40;
$custom-light: #e48475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.106,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5893,
    "c": 0.16603,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4C40

secondary

#96CED3

accent

#D4E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4C40

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

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