#CD4E51#CD4E51

#CD4E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.161 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4E51
RGB	rgb(205, 78, 81)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.72, 50.53, 25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.72, 56.41, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1496 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.161 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3892, 19.0259, 9.9078)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4E51 #4ECDCA

analogous

#CD4E90 #CD4E51 #CD8B4E

triadic

#CD4E51 #51CD4E #4E51CD

tetradic

#CD4E51 #90CD4E #4ECDCA #8B4ECD

square

#CD4E51 #90CD4E #4ECDCA #8B4ECD

split-complementary

#CD4E51 #4ECD8B #4E90CD

monochromatic

#7D2325 #AD3134 #CD4E51 #DA7E80 #E8ADAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#CD4E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#CD4E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4E51

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4E51	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)

#6E6850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 78, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.161 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38581',
    500: '#cd4e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4e51;
$custom-light: #e38581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.583,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59462,
    "c": 0.16145,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4E51

secondary

#A1D6D5

accent

#DFDC49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#170B0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4E51

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

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