#CD3855#CD3855

#CD3855 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.185 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3855
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 85)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 59.56, 18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 62.37, 17.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.179 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.185 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2335, 16.4674, 10.2844)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3855 #38CDB0

analogous

#CD389F #CD3855 #CD6538

triadic

#CD3855 #55CD38 #3855CD

tetradic

#CD3855 #9FCD38 #38CDB0 #6538CD

square

#CD3855 #9FCD38 #38CDB0 #6538CD

split-complementary

#CD3855 #38CD65 #389FCD

monochromatic

#6F1C2C #A0283F #CD3855 #D9697F #E69AA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#CD3855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#CD3855 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3855

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3855	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.185 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37a84',
    500: '#cd3855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3855;
$custom-light: #e37a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.322,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57145,
    "c": 0.1848,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3855

secondary

#8FD1C5

accent

#E3C445

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3855

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

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