#CF4940#CF4940

#CF4940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.171 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF4940
RGB	rgb(207, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 52.36, 34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 62.51, 33.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.152 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.171 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0431, 18.4048, 6.8726)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF4940 #40C6CF

analogous

#CF407E #CF4940 #CF9040

triadic

#CF4940 #40CF49 #4940CF

tetradic

#CF4940 #7ECF40 #40C6CF #9040CF

square

#CF4940 #7ECF40 #40C6CF #9040CF

split-complementary

#CF4940 #40CF90 #407ECF

monochromatic

#77231E #A8322A #CF4940 #DB7871 #E8A6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#CF4940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CF4940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CF4940

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF4940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF4940	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E32748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf4940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.171 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e58275',
    500: '#cf4940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf4940;
$custom-light: #e58275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf4940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.776,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5889,
    "c": 0.17119,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF4940

secondary

#97D0D4

accent

#D9E345

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF4940

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

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