#CD4E42#CD4E42

#CD4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.164 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4E42
RGB	rgb(205, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 49.61, 33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 59.86, 34.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.1439 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.164 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8875, 18.8252, 7.2657)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4E42 #42C1CD

analogous

#CD427B #CD4E42 #CD9342

triadic

#CD4E42 #42CD4E #4E42CD

tetradic

#CD4E42 #7BCD42 #42C1CD #9342CD

square

#CD4E42 #7BCD42 #42C1CD #9342CD

split-complementary

#CD4E42 #42CD93 #427BCD

monochromatic

#76271F #A6362C #CD4E42 #DA7B72 #E7A9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#CD4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#CD4E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4E42

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4E42	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)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1314C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.164 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38577',
    500: '#cd4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4e42;
$custom-light: #e38577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.18,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59209,
    "c": 0.16363,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4E42

secondary

#97CED3

accent

#D4E146

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4E42

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

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