#CD3227#CD3227

#CD3227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.193 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3227
RGB	rgb(205, 50, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 81%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.19, 59.34, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.19, 73.70, 36.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1691 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.193 29)
XYZ	xyz(26.6869, 15.4111, 3.4885)
Luminance	0.1541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3227 #27C2CD

analogous

#CD276F #CD3227 #CD8527

triadic

#CD3227 #27CD32 #3227CD

tetradic

#CD3227 #6FCD27 #27C2CD #8527CD

square

#CD3227 #6FCD27 #27C2CD #8527CD

split-complementary

#CD3227 #27CD85 #276FCD

monochromatic

#661913 #9A251D #CD3227 #DE5C53 #E88D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#CD3227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#CD3227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3227

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3227	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E20031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 50, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.193 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e67663',
    500: '#cd3227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3227;
$custom-light: #e67663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.976,
    "s": 68.033,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55897,
    "c": 0.19325,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.15407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3227

secondary

#7ECCD1

accent

#DFEB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEEEA

border

#D7C9C6

text

#180905

muted

#867B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3227

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

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