#CF4949#CF4949

#CF4949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.170 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF4949
RGB	rgb(207, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 64.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 52.86, 29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 60.33, 28.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.1553 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.17 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3202, 18.5156, 8.3320)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF4949 #49CFCF

analogous

#CF498C #CF4949 #CF8C49

triadic

#CF4949 #49CF49 #4949CF

tetradic

#CF4949 #8CCF49 #49CFCF #8C49CF

square

#CF4949 #8CCF49 #49CFCF #8C49CF

split-complementary

#CF4949 #49CF8C #498CCF

monochromatic

#7D2121 #AD2E2E #CF4949 #DC7979 #E9AAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#CF4949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#CF4949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CF4949

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF4949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF4949	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E32A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf4949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.170 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5827c',
    500: '#cf4949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf4949;
$custom-light: #e5827c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf4949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59031,
    "c": 0.16988,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF4949

secondary

#9ED6D6

accent

#E1E146

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FEEFEE

border

#D6CAC9

text

#170B09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF4949

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

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