#CD3A36#CD3A36

#CD3A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.185 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3A36
RGB	rgb(205, 58, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 57.14, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 67.90, 32.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1652 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.185 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3589, 16.2757, 5.1903)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3A36 #36C9CD

analogous

#CD367E #CD3A36 #CD8536

triadic

#CD3A36 #36CD3A #3A36CD

tetradic

#CD3A36 #7ECD36 #36C9CD #8536CD

square

#CD3A36 #7ECD36 #36C9CD #8536CD

split-complementary

#CD3A36 #36CD85 #367ECD

monochromatic

#6D1D1B #9E2B27 #CD3A36 #D96A67 #E59A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#CD3A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#CD3A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3A36

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3A36	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 58, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.185 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57a6d',
    500: '#cd3a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3a36;
$custom-light: #e57a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.589,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56799,
    "c": 0.18467,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3A36

secondary

#8ECFD1

accent

#DFE344

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3A36

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

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