#CD4D42#CD4D42

#CD4D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.165 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4D42
RGB	rgb(205, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 50.05, 33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 60.12, 33.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.1453 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.165 28)
XYZ	xyz(28.8170, 18.6842, 7.2422)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4D42 #42C2CD

analogous

#CD427C #CD4D42 #CD9242

triadic

#CD4D42 #42CD4D #4D42CD

tetradic

#CD4D42 #7CCD42 #42C2CD #9242CD

square

#CD4D42 #7CCD42 #42C2CD #9242CD

split-complementary

#CD4D42 #42CD92 #427CCD

monochromatic

#76261F #A6362C #CD4D42 #DA7B72 #E7A8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#CD4D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#CD4D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4D42

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4D42	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.165 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38477',
    500: '#cd4d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4d42;
$custom-light: #e38477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.748,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59084,
    "c": 0.16465,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.1868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4D42

secondary

#97CFD3

accent

#D5E146

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4D42

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

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