#CF4942#CF4942

#CF4942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.171 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF4942
RGB	rgb(207, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 52.47, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 61.99, 32.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1527 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.171 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1011, 18.4279, 7.1778)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF4942 #42C8CF

analogous

#CF4281 #CF4942 #CF8F42

triadic

#CF4942 #42CF49 #4942CF

tetradic

#CF4942 #81CF42 #42C8CF #8F42CF

square

#CF4942 #81CF42 #42C8CF #8F42CF

split-complementary

#CF4942 #42CF8F #4281CF

monochromatic

#78231F #A9312B #CF4942 #DB7873 #E8A7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#CF4942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#CF4942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CF4942

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF4942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF4942	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	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)

#6D6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E32848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.171 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e58276',
    500: '#cf4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf4942;
$custom-light: #e58276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.979,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58919,
    "c": 0.17085,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF4942

secondary

#98D2D5

accent

#DBE345

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFED

border

#D6CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF4942

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

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