#CD4C51#CD4C51

#CD4C51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.164 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4C51
RGB	rgb(205, 76, 81)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 51.41, 24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 57.01, 25.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.1524 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.164 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2492, 18.7460, 9.8611)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4C51 #4CCDC8

analogous

#CD4C92 #CD4C51 #CD874C

triadic

#CD4C51 #51CD4C #4C51CD

tetradic

#CD4C51 #92CD4C #4CCDC8 #874CCD

square

#CD4C51 #92CD4C #4CCDC8 #874CCD

split-complementary

#CD4C51 #4CCD87 #4C92CD

monochromatic

#7C2326 #AC3035 #CD4C51 #DA7C80 #E8ACAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#CD4C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#CD4C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4C51

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4C51	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D824E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0324F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 76, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.164 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38481',
    500: '#cd4c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4c51;
$custom-light: #e38481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.674,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59215,
    "c": 0.16367,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4C51

secondary

#9FD5D3

accent

#E0DA48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4C51

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

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