#CD7272#CD7272

#CD7272 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.115 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7272
RGB	rgb(205, 114, 114)
HSL	hsl(0, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 35.68, 15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 39.07, 24.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.1074 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.115 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2334, 26.2319, 19.1767)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7272 #72CDCD

analogous

#CD729F #CD7272 #CD9F72

triadic

#CD7272 #72CD72 #7272CD

tetradic

#CD7272 #9FCD72 #72CDCD #9F72CD

square

#CD7272 #9FCD72 #72CDCD #9F72CD

split-complementary

#CD7272 #72CD9F #729FCD

monochromatic

#913333 #BD4545 #CD7272 #DD9F9F #EDCCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#CD7272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#CD7272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7272

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7272	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD6673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 114, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.115 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09c9a',
    500: '#cd7272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7272;
$custom-light: #e09c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65379,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7272

secondary

#BDDEDE

accent

#BBBB2B

background

#FEF9F9

surface

#FCF2F2

border

#D5CCCC

text

#160E0E

muted

#847E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7272

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

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