#CD4F38#CD4F38

#CD4F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.165 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4F38
RGB	rgb(205, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 48.66, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 62.45, 38.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.139 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.165 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6896, 18.8606, 5.8704)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4F38 #38B6CD

analogous

#CD386B #CD4F38 #CD9938

triadic

#CD4F38 #38CD4F #4F38CD

tetradic

#CD4F38 #6BCD38 #38B6CD #9938CD

square

#CD4F38 #6BCD38 #38B6CD #9938CD

split-complementary

#CD4F38 #38CD99 #386BCD

monochromatic

#6F291C #A03B28 #CD4F38 #D97A69 #E6A69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#CD4F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#CD4F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4F38

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4F38	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.165 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48570',
    500: '#cd4f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4f38;
$custom-light: #e48570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.262,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.592,
    "c": 0.16472,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4F38

secondary

#8FC7D1

accent

#CBE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4F38

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

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