#CD3845#CD3845

#CD3845 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.185 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3845
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 69)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 58.57, 27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 64.86, 25.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1729 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.185 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6682, 16.2413, 7.3071)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3845 #38CDC0

analogous

#CD388F #CD3845 #CD7538

triadic

#CD3845 #45CD38 #3845CD

tetradic

#CD3845 #8FCD38 #38CDC0 #7538CD

square

#CD3845 #8FCD38 #38CDC0 #7538CD

split-complementary

#CD3845 #38CD75 #388FCD

monochromatic

#6F1C23 #A02833 #CD3845 #D96973 #E69AA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#CD3845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#CD3845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3845

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3845	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1003E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.185 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47a78',
    500: '#cd3845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3845;
$custom-light: #e47a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.765,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56834,
    "c": 0.18493,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3845

secondary

#8FD1CC

accent

#E3D545

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3845

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

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