#CD4F42#CD4F42

#CD4F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.163 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD4F42
RGB	rgb(205, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 49.16, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 59.61, 34.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.1425 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.163 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9591, 18.9684, 7.2895)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD4F42 #42C0CD

analogous

#CD427A #CD4F42 #CD9542

triadic

#CD4F42 #42CD4F #4F42CD

tetradic

#CD4F42 #7ACD42 #42C0CD #9542CD

square

#CD4F42 #7ACD42 #42C0CD #9542CD

split-complementary

#CD4F42 #42CD95 #427ACD

monochromatic

#76271F #A6372C #CD4F42 #DA7C72 #E7A9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#CD4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#CD4F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD4F42

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD4F42	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.163 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38577',
    500: '#cd4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd4f42;
$custom-light: #e38577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.612,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59336,
    "c": 0.16262,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD4F42

secondary

#97CED3

accent

#D3E146

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEF0ED

border

#D6CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD4F42

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

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