#CD4E40#CD4E40

#CD4E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.164 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4E40
RGB	rgb(205, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 49.50, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 60.40, 34.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.1432 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.164 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8296, 18.8020, 6.9606)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4E40 #40BFCD

analogous

#CD4079 #CD4E40 #CD9440

triadic

#CD4E40 #40CD4E #4E40CD

tetradic

#CD4E40 #79CD40 #40BFCD #9440CD

square

#CD4E40 #79CD40 #40BFCD #9440CD

split-complementary

#CD4E40 #40CD94 #4079CD

monochromatic

#74271E #A5372B #CD4E40 #DA7B71 #E6A8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#CD4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#CD4E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4E40

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4E40	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70673E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.164 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48575',
    500: '#cd4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4e40;
$custom-light: #e48575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.957,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5918,
    "c": 0.16402,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4E40

secondary

#96CDD3

accent

#D2E246

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4E40

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

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