#CD4C42#CD4C42

#CD4C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.166 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4C42
RGB	rgb(205, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 50.49, 33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 60.38, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1467 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.166 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7476, 18.5453, 7.2190)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4C42 #42C3CD

analogous

#CD427D #CD4C42 #CD9242

triadic

#CD4C42 #42CD4C #4C42CD

tetradic

#CD4C42 #7DCD42 #42C3CD #9242CD

square

#CD4C42 #7DCD42 #42C3CD #9242CD

split-complementary

#CD4C42 #42CD92 #427DCD

monochromatic

#76251F #A6352C #CD4C42 #DA7A72 #E7A8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#CD4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#CD4C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4C42

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4C42	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.166 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48477',
    500: '#cd4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4c42;
$custom-light: #e48477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.317,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5896,
    "c": 0.16567,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4C42

secondary

#97CFD3

accent

#D6E146

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4C42

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

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