#CD3A40#CD3A40

#CD3A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.183 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3A40
RGB	rgb(205, 58, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 57.60, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 65.43, 28.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1688 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.184 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6183, 16.3795, 6.5568)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3A40 #3ACDC7

analogous

#CD3A8A #CD3A40 #CD7E3A

triadic

#CD3A40 #40CD3A #3A40CD

tetradic

#CD3A40 #8ACD3A #3ACDC7 #7E3ACD

square

#CD3A40 #8ACD3A #3ACDC7 #7E3ACD

split-complementary

#CD3A40 #3ACD7E #3A8ACD

monochromatic

#701C20 #A1292E #CD3A40 #D96B6F #E69C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#CD3A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#CD3A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3A40

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3A40	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1003E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 58, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.183 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47a75',
    500: '#cd3a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3a40;
$custom-light: #e47a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.551,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56942,
    "c": 0.1835,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3A40

secondary

#91D2CF

accent

#E3DC45

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3A40

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

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