#CD3936#CD3936

#CD3936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.186 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3936
RGB	rgb(205, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 57.50, 36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 68.12, 32.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% 0.1663 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.186 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3089, 16.1759, 5.1736)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3936 #36CACD

analogous

#CD367E #CD3936 #CD8436

triadic

#CD3936 #36CD39 #3936CD

tetradic

#CD3936 #7ECD36 #36CACD #8436CD

square

#CD3936 #7ECD36 #36CACD #8436CD

split-complementary

#CD3936 #36CD84 #367ECD

monochromatic

#6D1D1B #9E2A27 #CD3936 #D96967 #E59A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#CD3936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#CD3936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3936

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3936	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.186 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57a6d',
    500: '#cd3936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3936;
$custom-light: #e57a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.192,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56702,
    "c": 0.18555,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3936

secondary

#8ED0D1

accent

#E0E344

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3936

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

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