#CD3738#CD3738

#CD3738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.187 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3738
RGB	rgb(205, 55, 56)
HSL	hsl(360, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(360, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 58.29, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 68.05, 31.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1692 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.187 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2599, 16.0012, 5.3938)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3738 #37CDCC

analogous

#CD3783 #CD3738 #CD8137

triadic

#CD3738 #38CD37 #3738CD

tetradic

#CD3738 #83CD37 #37CDCC #8137CD

square

#CD3738 #83CD37 #37CDCC #8137CD

split-complementary

#CD3738 #37CD81 #3783CD

monochromatic

#6E1C1C #9F2829 #CD3738 #D96869 #E59999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#CD3738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#CD3738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3738

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3738	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E10039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 55, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.187 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5796f',
    500: '#cd3738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3738;
$custom-light: #e5796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5654,
    "c": 0.18702,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3738

secondary

#8FD1D1

accent

#E3E245

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3738

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

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