#CD3959#CD3959

#CD3959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.184 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3959
RGB	rgb(205, 57, 89)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 59.49, 16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 61.70, 15.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1795 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.184 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4459, 16.6307, 11.1614)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3959 #39CDAD

analogous

#CD39A3 #CD3959 #CD6339

triadic

#CD3959 #59CD39 #3959CD

tetradic

#CD3959 #A3CD39 #39CDAD #6339CD

square

#CD3959 #A3CD39 #39CDAD #6339CD

split-complementary

#CD3959 #39CD63 #39A3CD

monochromatic

#6F1C2E #A02842 #CD3959 #D96A82 #E69BAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#CD3959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#CD3959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3959

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3959	1.00	4.86	4.33	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E00F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 57, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.184 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e37b87',
    500: '#cd3959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3959;
$custom-light: #e37b87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.027,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57328,
    "c": 0.18407,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3959

secondary

#90D2C3

accent

#E3C145

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#170A0B

muted

#857C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3959

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

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