#CD3B36#CD3B36

#CD3B36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.184 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD3B36
RGB	rgb(205, 59, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 56.78, 36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 67.68, 32.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1641 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.184 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4098, 16.3776, 5.2072)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD3B36 #36C8CD

analogous

#CD367C #CD3B36 #CD8636

triadic

#CD3B36 #36CD3B #3B36CD

tetradic

#CD3B36 #7CCD36 #36C8CD #8636CD

square

#CD3B36 #7CCD36 #36C8CD #8636CD

split-complementary

#CD3B36 #36CD86 #367CCD

monochromatic

#6D1E1B #9E2B27 #CD3B36 #D96B67 #E59B98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#CD3B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#CD3B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD3B36

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD3B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD3B36	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)

#655C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd3b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 59, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.184 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57b6d',
    500: '#cd3b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd3b36;
$custom-light: #e57b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd3b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.987,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56897,
    "c": 0.1838,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD3B36

secondary

#8ECFD1

accent

#DEE344

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEB

border

#D7C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD3B36

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

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