#CD3557#CD3557

#CD3557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.188 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3557
RGB	rgb(205, 53, 87)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(347, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 60.71, 16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 63.01, 15.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.92% 0.1831 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(56.92% 0.188 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1730, 16.2175, 10.6618)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3557 #35CDAB

analogous

#CD35A3 #CD3557 #CD5F35

triadic

#CD3557 #57CD35 #3557CD

tetradic

#CD3557 #A3CD35 #35CDAB #5F35CD

square

#CD3557 #A3CD35 #35CDAB #5F35CD

split-complementary

#CD3557 #35CD5F #35A3CD

monochromatic

#6D1B2D #9E2742 #CD3557 #D96680 #E597A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#CD3557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#CD3557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3557

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3557	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 53, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.188 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37986',
    500: '#cd3557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3557;
$custom-light: #e37986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.579,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56919,
    "c": 0.18783,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3557

secondary

#8DD1C2

accent

#E3C044

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#170A0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3557

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

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