#CD4E38#CD4E38

#CD4E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.166 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4E38
RGB	rgb(205, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 49.11, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 62.68, 38.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1404 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.166 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6181, 18.7174, 5.8465)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4E38 #38B7CD

analogous

#CD386C #CD4E38 #CD9838

triadic

#CD4E38 #38CD4E #4E38CD

tetradic

#CD4E38 #6CCD38 #38B7CD #9838CD

square

#CD4E38 #6CCD38 #38B7CD #9838CD

split-complementary

#CD4E38 #38CD98 #386CCD

monochromatic

#6F281C #A03A28 #CD4E38 #D97A69 #E6A59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#CD4E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#CD4E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4E38

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4E38	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)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E12F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.166 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48570',
    500: '#cd4e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4e38;
$custom-light: #e48570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.859,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59073,
    "c": 0.16569,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4E38

secondary

#8FC8D1

accent

#CCE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4E38

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

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