#CD3232#CD3232

#CD3232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.192 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3232
RGB	rgb(205, 50, 50)
HSL	hsl(0, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 75.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 59.71, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 70.67, 32.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.1725 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.192 26)
XYZ	xyz(26.8963, 15.4948, 4.5916)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3232 #32CDCD

analogous

#CD3280 #CD3232 #CD8032

triadic

#CD3232 #32CD32 #3232CD

tetradic

#CD3232 #80CD32 #32CDCD #7F32CD

square

#CD3232 #80CD32 #32CDCD #7F32CD

split-complementary

#CD3232 #32CD80 #327FCD

monochromatic

#6B1A1A #9C2626 #CD3232 #D96363 #E59494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#CD3232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#CD3232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3232

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3232	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E20034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 50, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.192 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6776a',
    500: '#cd3232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3232;
$custom-light: #e6776a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56017,
    "c": 0.19185,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.15491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3232

secondary

#8BD0D0

accent

#E4E444

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#180906

muted

#867B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3232

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

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