#CD3743#CD3743

#CD3743 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.186 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3743
RGB	rgb(205, 55, 67)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 58.81, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 65.51, 26.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1732 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.186 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5591, 16.1209, 6.9696)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3743 #37CDC1

analogous

#CD378E #CD3743 #CD7637

triadic

#CD3743 #43CD37 #3743CD

tetradic

#CD3743 #8ECD37 #37CDC1 #7637CD

square

#CD3743 #8ECD37 #37CDC1 #7637CD

split-complementary

#CD3743 #37CD76 #378ECD

monochromatic

#6E1C22 #9F2831 #CD3743 #D96871 #E5999F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#CD3743 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#CD3743 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3743

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3743	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3743	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3743;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 55, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.186 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47977',
    500: '#cd3743',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3743;
$custom-light: #e47977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3743",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56707,
    "c": 0.18597,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3743

secondary

#8FD1CC

accent

#E3D645

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3743

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

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