#CD4E49#CD4E49

#CD4E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.162 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4E49
RGB	rgb(205, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 50.01, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 58.11, 30.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1466 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.162 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1067, 18.9129, 8.4199)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4E49 #49C8CD

analogous

#CD4986 #CD4E49 #CD9049

triadic

#CD4E49 #49CD4E #4E49CD

tetradic

#CD4E49 #86CD49 #49C8CD #9049CD

square

#CD4E49 #86CD49 #49C8CD #9049CD

split-complementary

#CD4E49 #49CD90 #4986CD

monochromatic

#7A2522 #AA332F #CD4E49 #DA7D79 #E7ABA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#CD4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#CD4E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4E49

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4E49	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.162 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3857c',
    500: '#cd4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4e49;
$custom-light: #e3857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5932,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4E49

secondary

#9DD3D5

accent

#DAE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4E49

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

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