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#CD040B

#CD040B is a mid-tone, vivid red, close to the color Chili. In RGB it’s made of 80.4% red, 1.6% green, and 4.3% blue. Its hue is 358°, with 96% saturation and 41% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. White text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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White text on this color

5.80:1 AA
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This color as text on black

3.62:1 AA Large

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #CD040B as they’d see it.

Typical vision#CD040B
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

#CD040B in use

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Questions about #CD040B

What color is #CD040B?

#CD040B is a mid-tone, vivid red, close to the color Chili. In RGB it’s made of 80.4% red, 1.6% green, and 4.3% blue. Its hue is 358°, with 96% saturation and 41% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. White text sits best on top of it.

What is #CD040B in RGB?

#CD040B is rgb(205, 4, 11): 205 red, 4 green, and 11 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #CD040B in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(0, 98, 95, 20). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #CD040B?

PANTONE 485 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #CD040B?

Its complement #13716D gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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