#CD4E50#CD4E50

#CD4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.162 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4E50
RGB	rgb(205, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 50.46, 25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 56.60, 26.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.1492 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.162 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3520, 19.0110, 9.7117)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4E50 #4ECDCB

analogous

#CD4E8F #CD4E50 #CD8B4E

triadic

#CD4E50 #50CD4E #4E50CD

tetradic

#CD4E50 #8FCD4E #4ECDCB #8B4ECD

square

#CD4E50 #8FCD4E #4ECDCB #8B4ECD

split-complementary

#CD4E50 #4ECD8B #4E8FCD

monochromatic

#7D2325 #AD3133 #CD4E50 #DA7E7F #E8ADAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CD4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CD4E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4E50

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4E50	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E684F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.162 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38581',
    500: '#cd4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4e50;
$custom-light: #e38581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.055,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59443,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4E50

secondary

#A1D6D5

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4E50

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

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