#CD3B35#CD3B35

#CD3B35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.184 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3B35
RGB	rgb(205, 59, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 56.74, 37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 67.94, 33.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.1637 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.184 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3865, 16.3683, 5.0848)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3B35 #35C7CD

analogous

#CD357B #CD3B35 #CD8735

triadic

#CD3B35 #35CD3B #3B35CD

tetradic

#CD3B35 #7BCD35 #35C7CD #8735CD

square

#CD3B35 #7BCD35 #35C7CD #8735CD

split-complementary

#CD3B35 #35CD87 #357BCD

monochromatic

#6D1E1B #9E2C27 #CD3B35 #D96B66 #E59A97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#CD3B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#CD3B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3B35

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3B35	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)

#665C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 59, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.184 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57b6d',
    500: '#cd3b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3b35;
$custom-light: #e57b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.368,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56885,
    "c": 0.18393,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3B35

secondary

#8DCED1

accent

#DDE344

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3B35

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

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