#CD3955#CD3955

#CD3955 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.184 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3955
RGB	rgb(205, 57, 85)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 59.21, 18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 62.09, 17.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1779 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.184 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2824, 16.5653, 10.3007)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3955 #39CDB1

analogous

#CD399F #CD3955 #CD6739

triadic

#CD3955 #55CD39 #3955CD

tetradic

#CD3955 #9FCD39 #39CDB1 #6739CD

square

#CD3955 #9FCD39 #39CDB1 #6739CD

split-complementary

#CD3955 #39CD67 #399FCD

monochromatic

#6F1C2C #A0283F #CD3955 #D96A7F #E69BA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#CD3955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#CD3955 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3955

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3955	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 57, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.184 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37a84',
    500: '#cd3955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3955;
$custom-light: #e37a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.649,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57239,
    "c": 0.18382,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3955

secondary

#90D2C5

accent

#E3C545

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#170A0A

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3955

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

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