#CD3950#CD3950

#CD3950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.184 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3950
RGB	rgb(205, 57, 80)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 58.87, 21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 62.72, 20.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.176 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.184 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0908, 16.4886, 9.2913)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3950 #39CDB6

analogous

#CD399A #CD3950 #CD6C39

triadic

#CD3950 #50CD39 #3950CD

tetradic

#CD3950 #9ACD39 #39CDB6 #6C39CD

square

#CD3950 #9ACD39 #39CDB6 #6C39CD

split-complementary

#CD3950 #39CD6C #399ACD

monochromatic

#6F1C29 #A0283B #CD3950 #D96A7B #E69BA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#CD3950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#CD3950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3950

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3950	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 57, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.184 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47a80',
    500: '#cd3950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3950;
$custom-light: #e47a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.676,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57134,
    "c": 0.18368,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3950

secondary

#90D2C7

accent

#E3CA45

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEEE

border

#D6C9C9

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3950

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

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