#CD3851#CD3851

#CD3851 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.185 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3851
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 81)
HSL	hsl(350, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 59.29, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 62.86, 19.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1775 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.185 16)
XYZ	xyz(28.0790, 16.4056, 9.4710)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3851 #38CDB4

analogous

#CD389B #CD3851 #CD6938

triadic

#CD3851 #51CD38 #3851CD

tetradic

#CD3851 #9BCD38 #38CDB4 #6938CD

square

#CD3851 #9BCD38 #38CDB4 #6938CD

split-complementary

#CD3851 #38CD69 #389BCD

monochromatic

#6F1C2A #A0283C #CD3851 #D9697C #E69AA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#CD3851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#CD3851 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3851

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3851	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.185 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37a81',
    500: '#cd3851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3851;
$custom-light: #e37a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.933,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57061,
    "c": 0.18466,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.16402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3851

secondary

#8FD1C6

accent

#E3C845

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEEE

border

#D6C9C9

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3851

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

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