#CD3836#CD3836

#CD3836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.186 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3836
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 57.85, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 68.35, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.1674 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.186 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2600, 16.0780, 5.1573)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3836 #36CBCD

analogous

#CD367F #CD3836 #CD8336

triadic

#CD3836 #36CD38 #3836CD

tetradic

#CD3836 #7FCD36 #36CBCD #8336CD

square

#CD3836 #7FCD36 #36CBCD #8336CD

split-complementary

#CD3836 #36CD83 #367FCD

monochromatic

#6D1C1B #9E2927 #CD3836 #D96967 #E59998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#CD3836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#CD3836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3836

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3836	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E20039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.186 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5796d',
    500: '#cd3836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3836;
$custom-light: #e5796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.795,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56607,
    "c": 0.18641,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3836

secondary

#8ED0D1

accent

#E1E344

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3836

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

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