#cd462e

Color #cd462e

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Firebrick #b22222 · ΔE 11.74 Nearest Tailwind class red-600 #e7000b · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#cd462e

RGB

rgb(205, 70, 46)

HSL

hsl(9.1, 63.3%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(9.1, 77.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 77.6%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(48.96, 52.15, 42.82)

LCH

lch(48.96, 67.48, 39.39)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.1753, 32.39)

HWB

hwb(9.1, 18%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2eb5cd

Analogous

#cd2e65

#cd462e

#cd962e

Triadic

#cd462e

#2ecd46

#462ecd

Split-complementary

#cd462e

#2ecd96

#2e65cd

Tetradic

#cd462e

#b5cd2e

#2eb5cd

#462ecd

Square

#cd462e

#65cd2e

#2eb5cd

#962ecd

Shades

Color #cd462e mixed toward black.

#ab3a26

#892f1f

#662317

#44170f

#220c08

Tints

Color #cd462e mixed toward white.

#d7634f

#df8372

#e7a295

#efc1b8

#f7e0dc

Tones

Color #cd462e mixed toward gray.

#c04f3b

#b25949

#a56256

#986b63

#8b7470

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.51:1

White text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a335 · ΔE 45.2

Deuteranopia

#aab236 · ΔE 49.8

Tritanopia

#c93a3b · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 27

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cd462e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cd462e]

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Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

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Frequently asked questions

#cd462e (#cd462e) is rgb(205, 70, 46) in RGB.

No, #cd462e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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