#CD3233#CD3233

#CD3233 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.192 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3233
RGB	rgb(205, 50, 51)
HSL	hsl(360, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(360, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, 59.75, 37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 70.41, 31.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1728 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.192 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9181, 15.5036, 4.7065)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3233 #32CDCC

analogous

#CD3280 #CD3233 #CD7F32

triadic

#CD3233 #33CD32 #3233CD

tetradic

#CD3233 #80CD32 #32CDCC #7F32CD

square

#CD3233 #80CD32 #32CDCC #7F32CD

split-complementary

#CD3233 #32CD7F #3280CD

monochromatic

#6B1A1B #9C2627 #CD3233 #D96364 #E59495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#CD3233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#CD3233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3233

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3233	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)

#615831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E20035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 50, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.192 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5776b',
    500: '#cd3233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3233;
$custom-light: #e5776b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.613,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56029,
    "c": 0.19173,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3233

secondary

#8BD0D0

accent

#E4E344

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#180A06

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3233

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

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