#CD3857#CD3857

#CD3857 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.185 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3857
RGB	rgb(205, 56, 87)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 59.69, 17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 62.17, 16.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1798 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.185 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3141, 16.4996, 10.7088)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3857 #38CDAE

analogous

#CD38A1 #CD3857 #CD6338

triadic

#CD3857 #57CD38 #3857CD

tetradic

#CD3857 #A1CD38 #38CDAE #6338CD

square

#CD3857 #A1CD38 #38CDAE #6338CD

split-complementary

#CD3857 #38CD63 #38A1CD

monochromatic

#6F1C2D #A02841 #CD3857 #D96980 #E69AAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#CD3857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#CD3857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3857

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3857	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 56, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.185 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37a86',
    500: '#cd3857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3857;
$custom-light: #e37a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.517,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5719,
    "c": 0.18493,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3857

secondary

#8FD1C4

accent

#E3C245

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#170A0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3857

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

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